Concerns ignored, golf course gets green light

Ironwood development, artist’s rendition

(CNS Business): The Central Planning Authority has given the green light to the proposed development of a golf course in the Frank Sound area despite a catalogue of environmental concerns. The proposal to build an Arnold Palmer golf course was submitted to the CPA in complete isolation and not as part of the major resort that developers have said they plan to build there. No planned area development (PAD) application has been made, nor are there any plans for an environmental impact assessment, even though the project is in an environmentally sensitive location on a 500-acre site.

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