Douglas GAA appeals refusal of controversial access road to An Bord Pleanála

Club claims refusal of road by planners was 'parish politics at play'

The club had applied for planning for a new pitch with an access road off Inchvale Road, construction of a small set-down parking area, a turning area, floodlighting, and ball-stopping netting and fencing.

A Cork City GAA club refused planning for a controversial road as part of a new pitch project has appealed that element of the decision to An Bord Pleanála after what it claims was “parish politics at play”.

Douglas GAA club ssaid it was "a modest development with a large planning gain", that the road was vital to access its proposed new pitch, and it was "good planning" to facilitate access to residentially zoned lands next to the club which otherwise would be inaccessible.