PETER HUGHES

The technical assessment to be performed by the planning authority of Monaghan Co Council in relation to the renewed application submitted by EirGrid to An Bord Pleanala this week for the development of the North-South electricity interconnector would be conducted on a completely independent and impartial basis, Chief Executive Eugene Cummins and Senior Planner Adrian Hughes told Monday’s meeting of the local authority.
Members were informed that the independent nature of the role the planning section of the Council had to play in assessing the project application meant that its …