Council rapped over zoning

THE Department of the Environment has hit out at Clare County Council zoning land for development that could include a stadium on an active floodplain that contains the protected butterfly, the Marsh Fritillary.

In the new draft variation to the Ennis and Environs Development Plan, the local authority has zoned a large site on a floodplain adjacent to the Ennis by-pass.

According to the council, the zoning provides for a mixed site development that can include a stadium, residential development, a retail park, enterprise development and a hotel.