Vexatious Appeals

@Barry Hall wrote:

Is anyone familar with a case in Gorey where an appeal to An Bord Pleanála was thrown out as vexatious.

vexatious – instituted without sufficient grounds and serving only to cause annoyance to the defendant

sounds like 90% of all appeals to ABP

not enough thrown out like this

@Barry Hall wrote:

Is anyone familar with a case in Gorey where an appeal to An Bord Pleanála was thrown out as vexatious.

Seek and ye shall find…

http://www.pleanala.ie/data1/searchlisting.asp?casetype=PA&caseno=&description=vexatious&descriptiontype=and&descriptionnot=&lodgeddaystart=0&lodgedmonthstart=0&lodgedyearstart=0&lodgeddayend=0&lodgedmonthend=0&lodgedyearend=0&signtype=all&signeddaystart=0&signedmonthstart=0&signedyearstart=0&signeddayend=0&signedmonthend=0&signedyearend=0&county=&parties=&search.x=27&search.y=9

wow,
there is more than i thought.
i would love to see what their appeal was so we can all see what it takes for it to get thrown out.

With hindsight – it was a bad question. If the appeal is thrown out there is only a brief explaination on the BP site – no inspector’s report etc. so it is difficult to get a handle on what consitutes a precendent. In the case I am aware of an appeal was lodged against a development by a person on the other side of the country against a development where there is no evidence of them even viewing the file. The appellant is allegedly a good freind of a rival of the proposed development who stands to gain a business advantage even if the development is delayed – difficult to prove though.