Outline planning permission given to proposed 20-bed hotel in Maghera

Outline planning permission has been given to a proposed 20-bed hotel in Maghera. Details for the proposed hotel which has the potential to employ up to eight staff, if the details of the scheme are approved under a full application, were heard by Mid Ulster District Council’s Planning Committee at their December meeting. During the meeting, permission was also granted for four free-range poultry sheds - three in Aughnacloy representing an anticipated economic investment of approximately £750,000 and a further one in Dungannon worth up to £450,000. The developments are part of a wider expansion of Moy Park and Skea Eggs in the area. Speaking after the meeting, Chair of the Planning Committee, Councillor Martin Kearney, said: “These latest decisions demonstrate that a tailored, responsive planning service can support economic growth – in these cases, in agri-food and tourism, two sectors which are extremely important to the Mid Ulster region.”