5th May 2008
PLANNING APPLICATION LODGED-
ONLY 2 DAYS LEFT FOR COMMENTS AND OBBJECTIONS TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT
The developers of the marina lodged the planning application on April 4th. Those who would like to make an observation / objection / comment have until May 8th at 4pm to do so. Making a comment or observation costs €20 and grants you the right to take an appeal to Bord Pleanala after the Council have made a decision on the applictaion.
See The Marina Proposal page for full details
HOW TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THE PLANNING APPLICATION
Please See Planning Process on What To Do page
of this website to make comment on, object to and to ensure you reserve
youself the right to appleal the development to An Bord Pleanala
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Courtmacsherry
Courtmacsherry
is a jewel, a historic village nestled between broadleaf woods and
pristine sea. It's a village loved by many, villager and visitor alike.
Courtmac has escaped the worst of Celtic Tiger development and it's 3
great assets; the elegant and unusual one sided main street, the swathe
of woods, and the bay itself, are mostly still intact. Courtmac has
however endured change, and it's not all been positive, so making sure
anything else that's done is done right is important. Being overlooked by the Tiger has been both good and bad.
What’s
been good is that our greatest asset the bay, part of our visual
commons (owned by the whole community), is still there for us all to
enjoy.
A Marina ?
Recently however a proposal to
build a private marina on the bay has been made. There is no doubt that
Courtmac could benefit from a high quality, world class even, marina
but for it it be worth sacrificing even part of our precious bay, it
must be just that- of the highest quality - and it's not.
The developers planning application (lodged April 2008) shows proposal that are in fact worse than before;
The area of infill of the foreshore is now 2-3 acres.
The extent of the infill has increased and now stretches from the terrace of cottages down to the hotel entrance.
The marina (water part ) itself has increased in area and is now about 8 (or more) acres.
The number of car park spaces has increased from 92 to 100.
The
level of carpark and new sea wall is significantly above the existing
road (about 1.5 -2.5 feet in places)-blocking all connection to the sea.
The facilities building, proposed to replace the lovely Carilon Cottage, is bigger and of an inapproriate design.
The
exhibition material displayed by the developers was misleading and did
not give an accurate picture of the impacts of the development.
Please
see the following pages for more detail on the developers proposals and
the reaction to their planning application |
About This Website
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This website has been started by Brian O Brien on behalf of the many people in Courtmacsherry who are concerned about this proposal. He hopes in time it will become a community owned forum for sharing ideas and feedback on all planning propsals for Courtmacsherry. Brian is an RIAI registered architect and ecological design specialist in Dublin. He is a partner in Solearth Ecological Architecture. one of the country's most respected sustainable design practices and teaches in The School of Architecture, DIT Dublin.
His family have lived in Courtmacsherry for 25 years.
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