Whiterock Amenity Site

That car park was certainly part of the plan that N. Down and Ards council were hoping to roll out creating a network of Motorhome parking and overnight stops. I surveyed it and made recommendations to the tourism dept of the council. That must be two or more years back now. Everything ground to a halt when the Donaghadee court case began.

I have not been in touch with the tourism department since as I had no wish to cause them more grief than they were already getting from the nimby who made the complaint. Potentially when it is settled I will lift the ball and run with it. Incidentally things in the Newry Mourne and Down area are in limbo as they also await the revision of the caravan act. The caravan act is largely for static holiday home sites which are really semi permanent villages and has no bearing at all on Aire provision. It would be interesting to see were marinas fit in the whole picture as often they have boats carrying butane tanks, diesel or petrol propulsion and living quarters very similar to Motorhomes, but they don’t seem to have a 6 metre separation.

Anyway that is for the future. Difficult to see how the council could hand over a carpark when there is already difficulty with traffic when vehicles park at the Down cruising club (the lightship) and Strangford Lough yacht club.

Davy