Improvement plans at Dervock War Memorial Garden are announced

The money would finance a number of access, lighting and other improvements in respect of the Council’s War Memorial Garden, Carncullagh Road, Dervock.

The minutes of a recent Leisure and Amenities Committee meeting stated: ‘A preliminary approach has been made recently on behalf of Dervock & District Community Association seeking permission to apply for possible funding to undertake a number of access, lighting and other improvements in respect of the Council’s War Memorial Garden, Carncullagh Road, Dervock.

‘It is recommended that Council could grant its permission in principle, subject to the proviso that the work can be undertaken without cost to Council.’

It was proposed by Alderman Cecil Cousley and seconded by Cllr Robert Halliday.

It was also revealed: ‘Planning Service will soon issue the planning approval sought in respect of the project. Information is awaited from the artist working for Dervock & District Community Association as to the timeline for the ‘piece’ to be available on site.

‘It is then the intent to deliver the base with integral floodlighting which Council committed to do, not withstanding that no specific budget allocation was made in the current year for the spend now to be incurred.’