Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Crawfordsburn Apartments

Along with concerned residents and a cross party group of politicians I met with Planning Service officials to debate the issue on the proposed scheme at Crawfordsburn. With the support of many residents from the village, - I have been representing them for many months fighting against a planning proposal which is totally unacceptable and which the Planning service has approved.
The scheme on the whole is welcomed but for the Planning Service to approve apartments in an area which is historic, scenic and a has 'olde world' charm, I find is mind boggling. These apartments will sit above the main street and have from day one been unacceptable by the villagers.
There is also a problem with traffic - additional congestion, increased parking, just to mention 2 issues.
There are many worries regarding this particular scheme, the debate we had with the Planning Service was detailed and I felt we approached it with reasoned and acceptable arguments.
We still await the decision from Planning Service, all I can do now is hope and pray that they will not go so far as to allow apartments in one of the few remaining historic villages in this Borough.