Opposition To Viking Village Mounts

The agenda for Down District Council’s meeting on Monday 22nd August starting at 6pm, has two items relating to the recommended lease: 6 (g) Minutes of Strategic Policy & Resources Committeexa0held on 1st August 2011 to confirm the minutes to be a correct record and to consider the minutes and 10 (e) Correspondence received:xa0xa0Letters of objection received re: Magnus Viking Development at Delamont. [caption id="attachment_27212" align="alignleft" width="400" caption="The area where a Viking Re-Enactment Village environmentalists say will be impacted by the new development."][/caption] “Concerns regarding the shoreline location include: * xa0Impact on adjoining sensitive marine wetland, designated under national and international law * xa0Discharge Consent for sewage has not been granted by NIEA’s Water Management Unit for the proposed reedbed filtration. * xa0DDC accepted to receive a confidential business plan. Access, even in a reduced format where financially sensitive information is blackend out, has been denied to many interested stakeholders, including Councillors. Has there been an independent appraisal to check projections and assumptions are deemed accurate? * xa0Many users of Delamont Country Park value the quiet shoreline walk. The granting of a 25 year lease of public amenity land must be approached with due diligence when loss of high quality public amenity is involved. * xa0Have the conditions stipulated by Planning Service been factored into the business plan? They have financial implications, especially the question of safe disposal of effluent. “Please come along to show in a democratic way that you care about this shoreline and support the opposition to siting a Viking Re-enactment Village in this part of Delamont Park,” she added.]]>