The Stop Whitehead Oil Terminal (SWOT) campaign was formed to oppose plans to create a major fossil fuel import and distribution facility at Cloghan Point, near Whitehead. We are at the start of an exciting new phase of the campaign, and we remain very hopeful that we can prevent this development.
Campaigners have branded John O’Dowd’s decision to ignore the regional implications of a proposed new major oil terminal near Whitehead as shocking. O'Dowd, Minister for Infrastructure, decided yesterday (27/3/24) not to ‘call in’ (scrutinise) the decision made by Mid and East Antrim Council, which provisionally approved the application for a new oil terminal at Cloghan Point, on the grounds that it has no regional implications.
In September 2023, Mid & East Antrim Borough Council granted planning permission for a controversial major new oil import and distribution facility on Belfast Lough at Cloghan Point. The site is close to the peaceful seaside town of Whitehead.