Family Fun Zone Faces Closure as Council Refuses Lease Renewal

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Family Fun Zone Faces Closure as Council Refuses Lease Renewal
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The owners of Carnfunnock Family Fun Zone in County Antrim have been told their lease will not be renewed, leaving them devastated. The council plans to redevelop the park and claims it's not feasible for the fun zone to operate during construction.

The owners of a family fun park in County Antrim have been told by the local council that their lease will not be renewed.

The council said it was not feasible for the family fun zone to operate in the middle of a construction site.Ian Lough said he was blindsided by the termination of their rolling lease. Mid and East Antrim Council said it had offered the family alternative sites to operate from but Mr Lough said they were not suitable.Mr Lough said the council had offered relocation to Larne town park but he said it was "nowhere near big enough"."It’s just not feasible to take it anywhere else unless you've got a field which is 200m long and 100m wide which doesn't exist in the Larne area.

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