- Supermac’s to lodge second bid for plaza outside Ennis
- First bid was rejected by An Bord Pleanála
Supermac’s boss Pat McDonagh is lodging a second bid to open a plaza motorway stop outside Ennis, Co Clare.
A newspaper ad with the planning application has been published and the bid will be lodged with Clare County Council in the coming days.
An Bord Pleanála blocked the application last month; however, McDonagh is set to go back with a fresh bid for the location on the motorway which links Gort and Limerick.
The bid is to replicate the Supermac’s plazas outside Moneygall, Co Offaly, and also Loughrea, Co Galway.
Applegreen were refused their application for a similar venture near Dromoland Castle last week.
Pat McDonagh said: “There were a lot of disappointed people the last time we were refused, including ourselves, needless to say. We had local people ringing saying they were disappointed and we took huge encouragement from that. We’re trying again and hopefully we will be more successful this time around. The plan involves the creation of 100 jobs during the operational phase and 80 jobs during the construction phase.”
Clare County Council had previously accepted the bid but three objections saw it referred to An Bord Pleanála. Two of the objections were withdrawn but the application was refused on the grounds that it did not integrate with the landscape of Ennis.
