Usk 'superdump' gets green light

An Bord Pleanala has decided in favour of the development by Greenstar Holdings Ltd of an engineered residual landfill at Usk.

The decision was on an oral hearing by the Planning Appeals Board, reopened following a successful judicial review of a previous one, on application by Usk & District Residents Association.

The development was first applied for by Greenstar in 2004, and rejected by a large majority of councillors. A subsequent appeal to ABP by the developers overturned this decision.

A new application was lodged by the developers last year.

Campaigners against the landfill are reported today to be "sickened" by the decision to pass the project, which was only revealed yesterday.

Usk & District Residents Association are said to have spent €300,000 in their campaign against the planning application.

Brian Byrne.