ROYAL ROCK SHOPPING CENTRE IN TUAM APPEALED

Date Published: 23-Sep-2008

A massive new shopping centre to be built on the outskirts of Tuam has run into opposition. Four separate appeals have been lodged with An Bord Pleanála against Royal Rock Ltd's new supermarket and shopping mall on the N17. The five thousand square metres development near the N17 Retail park will have a supermarket, 22 shops, an atrium area, as well as taxi rank, shuttle bus stop and almost 700 parking spaces. RGDATA, the representative body for the Independent Retail Grocery Sector, has submitted an appeal against the development. Contact Trading Ltd which initially objected to the shopping centre is also appealing. The National Roads Authority has also lodged two appeals against the Royal Rock Ltd shopping centre.