FINAL PUSH FOR CASTLEGAR APARTMENTS

Date Published: 16-Apr-2009

A couple whose attempt to build 9 apartments in Castlegar failed, are insisting their development would be a stylish addition to the street scene in the village. Tom and Sinead Elwood are appealing the city planners refusal to An Bord Pleanála.In their appeal to the Planning Appeals Board, Tom and Sinead Elwood explain they wish to demolish an existing house and garage in the Village at Castlegar and build 9 apartments with different access and parking facilities. They argue the apartments would be a stylish addition to the streetscape, surpass design standards and wouldn't exceed the traffic capacity of the Castlegar Road.