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CLARE County Council has already refused planning permission to one park and ride scheme for the Cliffs of Moher and opposition is mounting against two others planned for the north Clare area.
Last week, the council turned down planning permission to At- lantis Development for a park and ride at Roadford, Doolin. This was the third application from the north
Clare company with the other two proposals for Liscannor and Coogy- ulla, Doolin facing strong local op- position.
Atlantis subsequently withdrew these applications and _ re-lodged them last month.
An objection to the Coogyulla pro- posal signed by 20 local residents, states that Doolin suffers from being so spread out and lacking a strong central focus and the development of a facility so far outside the village
will exacerbate this lack of focus and result in a lost opportunity for the community.
“The development will draw the village further to this location as fur- ther projects locate around the park and ride facility. No justification has been put forward for the selection of this site for the facility. What makes it suitable and what will the impact be on Doolin and its environs?
‘There is no rural park and ride fa- cility of the nature and type that is
now proposed and where it 1s not run by the operator of the tourist facility which it serves.
“Insufficient information has been lodged with the application to enable the full planning implications and impacts of the development to be considered.
“The application should include an EIS given its nature, extent and con- text. The location is being put for- ward without any assessment of its impact on the sustainable develop-
ment of Doolin and its environs.
‘This trial system was never oper- ated and no one knows exactly how it will work. It also appears now that the development of park n ride is not going to be operated by the Council, but is to be left to private enterprise both in Doolin and Liscannor,”’ the objection concludes.
The proposal for Liscannor has also attracted a lot of opposition within the village and decisions are due next month.