Soccer club plan for housing

Salthill Devon soccer club has applied to Galway Corporation for permission to build on its six-acre site at Miller's Lane, Rahoon…

Salthill Devon soccer club has applied to Galway Corporation for permission to build on its six-acre site at Miller's Lane, Rahoon, even though the site was zoned for amenity use in the latest city development plan.

If successful, the application would require a material contravention of the plan and could bring the value of the property up to almost £2.5 million.

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