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class="MsoNormal">The refusal of An Bord Pleanala to grant planning permission to build a graveyard and crematorium near the Dublin Mountains is being challenged in the High Court.

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class="MsoNormal">More than 80 objections were lodged against the original planning application by Hantise Limited and Ashman Properties Limited for a 10-acre burial plot at Ballycorus Road at Kilternan.

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class="MsoNormal">Last year Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council rejected plans for the one acre graveyard and the 2-storey crematorium in Kilternan finding the proposals to be in breach of zoning.

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class="MsoNormal">80 objections were lodged against the plan with environmental and traffic concerns among the issues raised.

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class="MsoNormal">The development would be on the site of a former lead mine and there were fears contaminants could be released into the local waterways once excavations began.

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class="MsoNormal">An appeal to An Bord Pleanala was rejected earlier this year and now those behind the development – Hantise Limited and Ashman Properties Limited – are legally challenging the refusal by the Board .

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class="MsoNormal">Their case is based on an alleged failure by An Bord Pleanala to circulate submissions by 3rd-parties that were relied on by the inspector in his report to the Board.

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class="MsoNormal">The case was mentioned before the High Court today.

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class="MsoNormal">It has been put back until October.