A planning application to rebuild a service station on the site of the Creeslough tragedy has been delayed again pending further information.
A decision on the development was due from Donegal County Council today.
Planners are instead seeking more alterations to the site layout before making any decision.
The applicants, Vivo Shell Ltd, have been asked to move a proposed loading bay from the N56 to within the complex and provide a traffic analysis of HGV turning manoeuvres for the new location.
The applicants have been given until 11th December to reply to the further information request.
Vivo Shell Ltd. is proposing a total rebuild of the Creeslough Service Station and Post Office which was destroyed in a fatal explosion on 7th October 2022, in which 10 people lost their lives.
Danny Martin Lafferty and Annette Lafferty are the company directors of Vivo Shell Ltd. They are seeking permission for the demolition of the existing building which remains following the explosion, to be replaced with a commercial shop, post office, off-licence, deli, store and forecourt.
In their application, initially lodged in April 2024, they expressed hope that their aim to respect the wishes of those affected by the tragedy is evident.
Plans, as seen by Donegal Daily, show space for a memorial garden area within the site.
Vivo Shell also proposes to place ten lighted steel poles in a location facing the road to commemorate the lives lost in the explosion, those injured and the public affected by the tragedy.
However, the rebuild plans have come under controversy and opposition from some families affected by the tragedy. Some have campaigned for only a memorial garden to be placed on the site, rather than it being ‘business as usual’. Public submissions received by the council have said that seeing a shop on the site would add to the heartache of grieving families.
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