Local residents in Maghera are being encouraged to have a say on plans to use more than 40 acres of green open space in the town for recreational purposes.

Mid Ulster District Council earmarked the lands between Mullagh Road and Tobermore Road as an area to be developed to provide sustainable opportunities for types of outdoor recreational, social or educational activities.

Outdoor Recreation Northern Ireland (ORNI) has been commissioned to prepare a masterplan for the site and is now inviting local people to feedback their views on how the space can be developed.

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Encouraging residents to take part in the engagement process, Chair of the Council, Councillor Paul McLean said: "This is an important opportunity for local residents to meet with Outdoor Recreation NI, to see examples of how recreational and social spaces have been created at similar sites locally and in Scotland and England and to bring forward their own concepts and ideas which can then feed in to the next stage of the planning."


An online public engagement workshop will take place on Wednesday 23 February 2022 at 7.30pm to explore ideas with the local community and interested individuals. In addition to the engagement workshop, there is an online survey available as a means of giving feedback.