€1.5bn plan to develop technology park rejected

COUNTY councillors in South Tipperary yesterday voted to reject plans for a 3,500-home and technology park development on land partially-owned by the family of former FF TD and minister Noel Davern, outside Clonmel.

New Vision Developments Ltd submitted a proposal to the council for a €1.5 billion technology and residential campus, to be called the Powerstown Quarter, on 400 acres of agricultural land which would, according to the company, have created 3,500 jobs and led to the construction of 3,500 houses over a 20-year period.

An 80-acre portion of the land on the northern side of Clonmel is owned by the wife of Noel Davern, while 30 acres of it is owned by sitting Fianna Fáil councillor Pat Norris. The remainder is owned by private businessmen in the area.