The draft plan will come before elected members again this month. The OPR said the changes proposed by councillors represented a “piecemeal approach” to zoning and were “inconsistent” with national policy. These comments related to proposed rezoning of land at Rahoon; Dublin Road; Quarry Road, Menlo; Ballindooley; off Circular Road; Menlo village; Roscam and Barna Woods. Save Roscam Peninsula in a 33-page submission to the draft plan echoed many of the concerns outlined by the OPR. It will meet on November 21, 24 and 28 and December 1 when material alterations will be voted on individually.
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