by Tom Leaning
Planning approval has been granted for 20 new pitches for touring motorhomes in the Northern Irish city of Derry after an eight year battle with local councils.
According to the Northern Irish publication Derry Now, the decision was made at a recent meeting of Derry City and Strabane District Council’s Planning Committee at the local Guildhall.
The site will also be suitable for caravans or tents and will include electric hook ups.
It will be located at farmland on the Upper Galliagh Road owned by the applicant Mr Paul Heaney.
The Council was told that there were no objections to the plans which had first been lodged in 2009.
The plans had been rejected on two previous occasions by the old Derry City Council.
Speaking at the meeting SDLP Councillor Angela Dobbins requested that a condition requiring the applicant to provide additional parking bays on land he does not own be removed because it was “unrealistic”.
