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Planners deadlocked on €70m
Buncrana plan
25.06.07
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A planning decision on
the controversial €70m proposal for the former Fruit
of the Loom seaside site in Buncrana has been put
back for another month. |
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An Bord Pleanala, the
planning appeals board, held three meetings last
week in a bid to made a decision on Jansu's
multi-use complex comprising luxury apartments,
retail and leisure space and car park.
However, they were unable to reach agreement and
announced a new target |
date of July 18th -
more than four months behind schedule - for a
decision on whether or not to give the project the
go ahead.
The application sparked controversy in 2006 after it
received strenuous opposition from the Shore Front
Residents' Association whose concerns centre chiefly
on the scale of the development and the increased
traffic volumes the proposed complex would create.
A majority vote by Buncrana Town Council rejected an
application to rezone the area in the town plan from
industrial to commercial, however, the necessary
rezoning has since taken place. |
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