PLANNING DENIED FOR TUAM ROAD HOUSING COMPLEX

Date Published: 02-Mar-2008

Plans for a major new housing development in the city have been refused by Galway city council.Bernard Duffy and Hugh Heskin had applied for permission to build 102 residential units beside the Kenny car dealership on the main Galway to Tuam road.The housing development was to be made up of 60 detached houses, 32 terraced houses, 10 townhouses, apartments in two blocks, car-parking, a crèche and ESB sub station.However city planners refused Bernard Duffy and Hugh Heskin permission for the development on the grounds that access to it would interfere with traffic flow on the N17The other reason planners cited was that they were unhappy with the drainage arrangements of the development.