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A local councillor has claimed developers can ‘do whatever they want’ in the east Donegal village of Convoy.
Cllr Patrick McGowan made the comment at yesterday’s meeting of the Lifford-Stranorlar Municipal District (MD) during a discussion on planning.
He said Convoy has become ‘overdeveloped’ with housing estates, without the proper infrastructure being put in place.
“They (developers) can do whatever they want in Convoy. Buildings are being put up miles apart and away from the village centre,” Cllr McGowan said.
“That’s what happened 20 years ago with massive estates being built kilometers apart with no connections – now it’s happening all over again.”
Cllr McGowan added there is ‘a lot of disquiet’ in Convoy over the issue.
“No other town in Donegal has faced the same scale of building as Convoy. Someone needs to do something about it.”
