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Wed 02 Feb 2007Board rejects plan for housing on flood plainAn Bord Pleanála has refused planning permission for a housing development on a sensitive flood plain in Oranmore, Co Galway.The decision, which has been welcomed by politicians and by the Oranmore Community Development Association, upholds a previous ruling by Galway County Council. The local authority had turned down an application by Lackagh Group Properties for construction of 83 houses, 64 apartments and a creche at Frenchfort, Oranmore.