KNOCKNACARRA RESIDENTS UNITE ON CONCERNS OVER DISCOUNT STORE PLANS

Date Published: 25-Oct-2012

Up to 100 Knocknacarra residents turned out to a meeting last evening [Oct 24] to discuss their concerns over plans for a new supermarket in the area.

Plans submitted this month set out to develop a site of 0.74 hectares adjacent to Blake roundabout, on the Ballymoneen Road.

It would consist of a single storey, mono-pitched roofed licenced discount foodstore with ancillary off-license sales measuring over 18 hundred square metres and would also provide for a 112 space car-park.

The Portacarron Residents Association told local representatives of their concerns over the proposed location of the store in a residential area and its potential to undermine the local district centre.

They also said the development’s location is unsafe due to the volume of school children traversing the area,

Sharon Mulry of the Portacarron Residents Association says these concerns must now be relayed to the planners