Clane residents opposed to scale of housing plan raises €17,000 for legal challenge
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Local residents in Clane have raised almost €17,000, as of Wednesday, to pay for a planned legal challenge against what they say is proposed massive over-development of the town, resulting from a series of planning decisions made by An Bord Pleanála.
The group Sustainable Clane, made up of residents and Clane Community Council members, said: “In a series of decisions on Strategic Housing Developments (SHD), An Bord Pleanála has granted 841 extra residential units on top of previous permissions and existing housing development ongoing since about 2016.