Study the cc problem at hand, and study it in detail, please. As the situation stands, we loose, no matter how one cuts it. All problems that we raise shall be overcome by ireland, ultimately. He wins, guys. He has almost infinite alternatives to any objections that we can raise - - - see previous posts by various folks on this venue.
There is only one legal profer that we (as a legal entity) have at this point in time. The longer that we wait to invoke it, the greater will be the potential civil lawsuit award. See a previous post of mine for the formulae for calculating awards in these kinds of cases. If you want, I shall re-publish the formulae. Please advise if you can not find same.
So, the longer that we wait to condemn the property, the greater will be the magnitude of the potential losses in the lawsuit. And a lawsuit is absolutely guaranteed, no matter what this towns elders conclude as a feeble attempt to stop this thing based on environmental or other existing residential impact elements.