Planners’ advice on rezoning ignored

A FLURRY of last-minute amendments rushed through by councillors against the advice of planners has rezoned almost 100 acres of land around Ennis for housing before 2014.

In the draft variation to the Ennis and Environs Development Plan, the 95 acres were part of 720 acres of land frozen for development for four years.

The proposed freezing of the lands followed the intervention by the Department of the Environment who expressed concerns in relation to over-zoning in the greater Ennis area.