Council backs rezoning on land that could support 3,500 jobs

THE rezoning of over 300 acres of agricultural land in Waterford County Council’s new five-year Development Plan has the potential to create up to 3,500 jobs.

A submission on behalf of the landowner, John Ronan, to the local authority said the rezoning of the lands as “special development’’ could accommodate and support 1,500 to 3,500 jobs on site with up to 1,000 jobs being created in the first three years.

Mr Ronan, a native of Carrick-On-Suir, plans to develop a technology-based industrial park embracing more than 260 acres of the site at Coolnamuck, two miles from his home town.