Council approves Ballylynch house demolitions as part of€j2.76m estate revamp
Carrick-on-Suir Town Council has given the green light for a controversial part of the Ballylynch Remedial Works Scheme to proceed - the demolition of a number of houses in the oldest neighbourhood in the estate.
The Council unanimously approved planning permission for the demolition of four homes at Mountain View as well as the building of three new houses in this area of the estate at it's July meeting last week.
Three of the houses earmarked for demolition are terraced homes and will make way for a new roadway in the estate.The fourth to be demolished is a vacant house. The three new houses proposed will be built on an adjacent site to those being knocked.
The grant of permission for these works paves the way for the rest of the Ballylynch Remedial Scheme to proceed this autumn.
Town Clerk Michael O'Brien said the project is now being put out to tender and the Council hopes the upgrading works will commence in October.
The Council has been approved €2.76m from the Minister for Housing and Local Services to refurbish the 31 year-old housing estate. Privately owned homes in the estate are excluded from the remedial works scheme.
The Town Council meeting heard that discussions are ongoing between the Council and residents, whose homes are to be demolished,in relation, to relocating them.
Cllr Sylvia Cooney-Sheehan urged the council to make sure the residents affected by the demolitions get the best deal possible as it was a difficult for them to have their homes knocked.
She understood the council was very close to resolving issues and that it had taken on board the concerns of residents.
Town Clerk Michael O'Brien assured councillors he would do his best to reach agreement and that he was confident agreement will be reached with the residents.
Labour Cllr Denis Landy, who proposed the Council proceed with its demolition and house building plans for Mountain View, said he believed the residents of the estate were anxious that work now proceed as they feared any further delay could result in the funding for the project being used elsewhere. "I couldn't as a councillor let that happen," he said.
Fianna Fail Cllr Sylvia Cooney-Sheehan seconded Cllr Landy's proposal and agreed that everyone was anxious to get the project up and running.
Mayor of Carrick-on-Suir Cllr Richie O'Neill, who is a resident of Ballylynch, said he welcomed the Remedial Works Scheme but as the owner of a private house in the estate he was disappointed the private residences weren't going to benefit. "I hope down the road that something will come for us," he said.
Members of the Suir Community Development Project based in Ballylynch, who attended the Council meeting, welcomed the Council's decision.
"We are delighted the process can move forward now and hope the remedial works can go ahead," said their spokesperson Carmel McKenna.
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