Galway Bay fm newsroom - Plans for a new filling station and drive-thru in Loughrea have been refused.
Galway County Council has refused to give planning permission to Aidan McGuinness for a forecourt and an electric car charging point near Loughrea shopping centre.
The development at Cosmona Loughrea would have also included a drive-thru restaurant/takeaway units and a restaurant with a kitchen and serving area, waiting area and staff facilities.
County planners have turned down two applications relating to the filling station and drive-thru.
They state that the proposed development close to residential properties; the traffic movements, noise and general disturbance during night time hours, would depreciate the value of property in the area.
They also state that the filling station and drive-thru would conflict with the existing parking spaces and traffic circulation areas at Cosmona.
