In providing facilities in any scenic or ecologically sensitive area, a balance must be achieved between the avoidance of excessive interference with or intrusion to the area and environment in question, and the need to effectively manage the numbers that are inevitably attracted there. The facility now proposed for Mullaghmore is a very limited one, comprising a covered waiting area, toilets, ranger accommodation, ancillary parking, storage area and signage.
I believe that what is proposed is a reasonable response to providing facilities for students, tourists, and those involved in physical activities, and that due to its limited scale, materials, and nature, it will not be obtrusive on the landscape or give rise to damage to colonies of important flora or important ecological communities.