Anger at council’s move to ‘freeze’ zoned land

MOVES by Clare County Council to “freeze” 720 acres of zoned land in the greater Ennis area from housing development has sparked an angry response from landowners, with one threatening High Court action.

The council move to freeze the zoned lands from any building from now to 2014 is in response to the Department of the Environment expressing concerns in relation to over-zoning.

Prior to the department’s intervention, the council was proposing the inclusion of 940 acres for housing that could be built over the next four years.