Chapter 10 I Key Growth Areas & Neighbourhood Development Sites
Clogheenmilcon Fen (Blarney Bog) 10.276 Clogheenmilcon Fen Bog also known as the ‘Blarney Bog’ is a rare Fen Bog habitat occupying a 100 acre site immediately adjacent to the village of Blarney and is a proposed Natural Heritage Area (pNHA). The site is currently used as an outdoor amenity by the people of Blarney but its offering with regard to parking, access, surfaces, and signage requires improvement. 10.277 Cork City Council has recently been successful in securing funding under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme to carry out works to further enhance Clogheenmilicon as an amenity area. The enhancement and protection of the Clogheenmilcon Fen Bog in Blarney will now progress in phased steps overseen by Cork City Council in collaborative partnership with the Irish Peatland Conservation Council IPCC, IPWS and our community partners in Brand Blarney, Blarney Tidy Towns and the Blarney and District Chamber of Commerce. The purpose of this project will be to enhance the overall amenity including its visible appearance and access which will harness its significant potential as an amenity area for residents and visitors to Blarney alike whilst acknowledging the site’s sensitive ecological designation as a proposed Natural Heritage Area. 10.278 The future development of the town offers opportunities to develop an integrated open space linked by an upgraded network of attractive pedestrian routes. This is a site of local biodiversity importance within the plan area and will form part of an integrated open space network.
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