Board rejects plan for housing on flood plain

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2007 / February 28

An Bord Pleanála has refused planning permission for a housing development on a sensitive flood plain in Oranmore, Co Galway. The decision, which has been welcomed by politicians and by the Oranmore Community Development Association, upholds a previous ruling by Galway County Council. The local authority had turned down an application by Lackagh Group Properties for construction of 83 houses, 64 apartments and a creche at Frenchfort, Oranmore. The developers have already been granted permission for 68 houses on the northern end of the Carrowmoneash flood plain, which is divided by the Frenchfort stream. The proximity of the location to low-lying coastline and to the Frenchfort stream and its "associated ecological corridor" is cited by the appeals board as one of the main reasons behind its decision. This corridor links two designated Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and the planning board believes that any such development could have a negative impact on both.

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