West Donegal Community Centre granted permission for astroturf pitch
Donegal County Council grants permission to Áislann Rann Na Feirste proposal
A community centre in Rann na Feirste successfully obtained planning permission from Donegal County Council to build an astroturf pitch, supported by floodlights and a sensory garden.
Áislann Rann Na Feirste successfully submitted the application for permission to construct an astroturf pitch with fencing and a ball stop, on the footprint of an existing grass pitch, along with six ten-metre-high floodlights surrounding the pitch, along with a new sensory garden walkway with low-level lighting to the sensory walkway.
A comment from Cornerstone Associates, on behalf of the applicant, stated: “Our clients would like to convert the existing grass football pitch into an astroturf pitch so it may be used all year round.”
The centre is a community-based, non-profit, charitable-status organisation that aims to preserve heritage and language. The centre itself opened in June 2010 and officially opened in October 2011.
Donegal County Council granted planning permission with seven conditions, imposed to remove the potential for significant disturbance to local ecology, to reduce escape and spillage of light to sensitive areas, in the interest of traffic safety, and to preserve the amenities of the area.