Locals last year protested in Dromahair over plans for Abbey Manor Hotel, which has been closed since 2009
Mr Justice Richard Humphreys found the proposed use of the Abbey Manor Hotel in Dromahair was not, as alleged by the council, unlawful and can go ahead
He said Dromaprop Limited, which owns the property, was entitled to avail of a planning exemption to change the use of the hotel, which shut in 2009, to accommodate “protected persons” under a 12-month contract with the Department of Integration. Dromaprop, represented by Niall Handy SC and Kevin Bell, instructed by Shannon & O’Connor Solicitors, submitted that the invalidation came unexpectedly while the council was under local political pressure regarding the proposed use of the hotel.
The “kitchen-sink nature” of the local authority’s rejection, which ran to hundreds of pages, was “something approximating to an uninformed person’s idea of a clever decision”, as if the council believed more headings was another sandbag against challenge, he said. The judge said the regulations feature a clear statutory intention to allow partial certification of buildings or projects. He said the rejection was “opaque”, out-of-time and generalised.
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