Plans have been withdrawn for a controversial development which would have seen a number of warehouse units constructed in a south-east Clare village.
Shannon-based remote tank monitoring company Tekelek Group Holdings had been attempting to secure planning permission for a warehouse development in the Portdrine area of Cratloe.
Submitted on June 14th last year, the application proposes the construction of four warehouse units to include office accommodation in what it refers to as the “Portdrine Industrial Estate”.
Clare County Council requested further information on the development on July 31st and this was received by the local authority on January 22nd of this year.
As it was decided that the further information contained significant new information, including plans for 66 parking spaces on the site, the applicant was asked to erect a new site notice and publish a new newspaper notice reflecting these details.
On February 2nd, Transport Infrastructure Ireland lodged a submission on the application claiming the development would be “at variance” with its policy on control of development on or affecting national roads.
The submission also says that the application failed to include data demonstrating the development “will not have a detrimental impact on the capacity, safety or operational efficiency of the national road network in the vicinity of the site”.
A total of 11 submissions have been made by Cratloe residents in opposition to the development, with one stating locals are “extremely concerned for the safety of all road users” should it go ahead.
Another submission claims calling the area the “Portdrine Industrial Estate” is a “misrepresentation” of what Portdrine is, which it says “is and has been a rural residential area for over a century”.
Cratloe Fianna Fáil Councillor Pat O’Gorman and Ardnacrusha Fianna Fáil Councillor Rachel Hartigan have both written letters of representation supporting the application.
On March 6th, Tekelek Group Holdings took the decision to withdraw the plans.
