11 September, 2024
Following a challenge brought by Stop Whitehead Oil Terminal campaign group, on 09 September 2024, the High Court in Belfast ordered Mid and East Antrim Borough Council to quash its 25 April 2024 decision to grant planning permission for the redevelopment and expansion of the Cloghan Point Oil Terminal at Whitehead. Cloghan Point was built in the 1970s to serve Ballylumford and Kilroot power stations and has recently been used to store part of the Republic of Ireland’s strategic reserve of diesel and gas oil.
The order quashing the planning permission was made by consent following the Council’s admission that it had failed to hold a pre-determination hearing before issuing its decision to grant planning permission. The planning application will now go back to the Council for reconsideration.
Claire Nevin provided initial pro-bono advice to Stop Whitehead Oil Terminal via the Public Interest Litigation Support Project.
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