“Development of these spatially detached lands would represent piecemeal and unco-ordinated development of the town into the surrounding countryside and erode the established boundary of the town along the southern side of the inlet,” the OPR added.
Mr O’Connell said he could find no evidence why planners had again suggested a change to zone their land for agricultural use. In a submission to the council Mr O’Connell said: “These lands were owned and worked by our families and used for generations. As islanders and seamen we are of the soil there and have a very special affinity with them.”
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