‘Simply baffling’: Galway city mayor criticises An Bord Pleanála housing decisions

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‘Simply baffling’: Galway city mayor criticises An Bord Pleanála housing decisions
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Planning body overturned permission for 71 homes and refused social and Traveller accommodation plan

A proposed development on the Headford Road, comprising social housing and Traveller accommodation, was also refused as it was deemed to be overly reliant on cars.Twenty-minute walk

“I can’t understand why planning couldn’t be granted with conditions attached, such as upgrading the footpaths, roads and so forth. We all appreciate that the road at Keeraun needed to be upgraded, and there were active plans in place that the upgrade would happen in tandem with housing developments,” the Fine Gael councillor said.

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