‘This cannot gather dust’ -Shannon masterplan due for October completion
Shannon’s latest masterplan must not become a document that gathers dust on a shelf and represents “the last chance” to plan the future of the town.
Shannon’s latest masterplan must not become a document that gathers dust on a shelf and represents “the last chance” to plan the future of the town.
*Cllr Clare Colleran Molloy sought the update. Photograph: Eamon Ward Discussions with landowners of the old Ennis NS school and Clare County Council’s planning department are ongoing regarding the potential development of the Kilrush Rd site.
Stipulations in the current County Development Plan mean what was formerly Our Lady’s Hospital cannot be knocked or delisted until after 2023 at the earliest.
Clare’s longest serving local elected representative has described the county as “the most anti-rural” so far as planning regulations are concerned.
Locals have expressed their confusion as to how future plans for Cahiracon House can be put in place when the property continues to be in private ownership.
Investment in Shannon Town will be more forthcoming following the conclusion of a master plan for the area, the Director of Economic Development with Clare County Council has stated.
*Cahercon. Photograph: Ann-Marie Hanrahan Cahercon has the potential to be “a world class marine facility”, a meeting in Kilrush has heard.
“A draft mortuary notice for West Clare” has been issued by Clare County Council based on it’s economic development plans for the area according to the longest serving elected representative in the county.
Calls for Sli Cara in Shannon to be purchased by Clare County Council to develop a public street in the town have been described as “premature”.
An enhancement scheme proposed for Doolin including the construction of a service centre has been described as “a miniature of what is happening with the National Children’s Hospital”.