See attached submission from Ann McDonnell on behalf of Mayo AC.
Tourism & Recreation
Closed24 Feb, 2021, 9:00am - 7 Apr, 2021, 4:00pm
Castlebar has significant tourism potential, it is home to Lannagh Holiday Village, a greenway link to Westport and near the nationally significant tourism attraction - National Museum of Ireland Country Life. Castlebar has a broad range of public amenity, sports and recreational facilities. The town has significant potential to build on ongoing investment in a national outdoor pursuit’s facility and to position Castlebar as a location for sports tourism. Mayo County Council recently acquired lands adjacent to Lough Lannagh Holiday Village, which it is proposed to develop, as part of an overall Sports Tourism Development Plan.
The new Local Area Plan has a key role in the protection of tourism assets and landscape whilst enabling appropriate tourism development.
Questions to consider
Q. What can the Plan do to support tourism in Castlebar?
Q. Are there areas that have the potential to be developed for tourism and recreational purposes?
Q. Are there specific areas of tourism that should be targeted e.g. heritage, leisure, activity tourism, and how can the Local Area Plan facilitate these?
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Observations
Observations
Development of a New Running Track and Associated Facilities at Knockaphunta, Castlebar
New Track Castlebar
See attached submission from Brian Healy on behalf of the New Castlebar Track Group.
Castlebar Athletics Club
See attached submission from Castlebar Athletics Club.
A 'Museum of Mayo' in the Imperial Hotel, Castlebar.
The sight of the Imperial Hotel, abandoned and derelict in the heart of Castlebar seems a crying shame and given the fact the property is now owned by Mayo County Council it seems that there is...