A private firm has lost a High Court challenge to try to close down a Council-operated car park at the Cliffs of Moher.
Diamrem, which has constructed park-and-ride facilities close to the Cliffs, had argued that the car park there was to be temporary, rendering it an unauthorised development.
They claimed that a planning condition stated the car park be removed following the construction of the visitor centre, but the Council disputed this and argued it was permitted to continue to operate it.
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The Irish Examiner reports that the High Court ruled there was no basis for the claim that An Bord Pleanála didn’t grant planning permission for a permanent car park, and in any case Diamrem’s timeframe to initiate proceedings had expired.
