Council suggests building ban on 'outsiders'

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 1999 / October 26 1999: Council suggests building ban on 'outsiders'

Clare County Council has come under fire after proposing that "non-indigenous persons" be prohibited from building homes in rural areas which are under development pressure or in visually vulnerable areas.

The proposal is contained in a supplementary document to the draft county development plan produced at a special meeting of the council at the weekend. In conjunction with the document, the council has published a map breaking down Clare into two zones: areas under development pressure and areas not under development pressure.

According to the map, non-indigenous persons would be prohibited from building homes on a 50-mile stretch of coastline from Kilkee to the north Clare village of Ballyvaughan, while a huge swathe of east Clare and the Ennis-Shannon corridor has also been included in areas zoned under development pressure. The proposal has been criticised by An Taisce and Rural Resettlement Ireland (RRI).

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