Portstewart hotel planning approval u-turn condemned

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the planned resort-hotel near Portstewart

by Roger Donnelly

Quashed planning approval for a Portstewart hotel is simply a  "bump in the road", says a veteran councillor.

Causeway Coast and Glens Planning Committee has now withdrawn permission for the £15 million hotel-resort near the North West 200 Paddock.

It's believed the dramatic u-turn was prompted by the threat of legal action from MLA Jim Allister,  and others.

He has a holiday home nearby; but Alderman Norman Hillis says the move is unfortunate:

 

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