Six councils and a private waste firm are taking legal action against a Stormont department over planning refusal for a waste incinerator, we can reveal.
Arc21 was set up in 2003 to act on behalf of Belfast, Antrim and Newtownabbey, Ards and North Down, Lisburn & Castlereagh, Mid and East Antrim and Newry, Mourne and Down councils.
The umbrella waste group has spent £553,927 of taxpayers’ money on the planning application and public relations up to January this year according to a freedom of information response.
