17/02/2015

Man Fined £30k Over Planning Non-Compliance

A man from Newry, County Down, has been fined £30,000 at Newry Magistrates' Court for non-compliance with a Department of the Environment Planning Enforcement Notice.

Mr Francis McGuiness of Newtown Road, Cloughoge, Newry was found guilty and must also pay £805 in legal costs and £15 court costs.

An enforcement notice required the appellant to demolish the building at the rear of 43 Newtown Road, Cloughoge, Newry and area of concrete hardstanding in question.

He was also required to remove resulting rubble and reinstate the area by covering it in topsoil and sowing in grass seed.

(IT)

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