Draft Ferrybank Belview Local Area Plan 2017
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2017 Ferrybank Belview Draft Local Area Plan Forward Planning Kilkenny County Council June 2017 Ferrybank‐Belview Draft Local Area Plan 2017 Table of Contents Contents 1 Introduction and Strategic Context ...................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 What is a Local Area Plan? ............................................................................................ 1 1.3 Legal Basis of a Local Area Plan .................................................................................... 1 1.4 Strategic Environmental Assessment ........................................................................... 1 1.5 Appropriate Assessment .............................................................................................. 2 1.6 Extent of Local Area Plan study area ............................................................................ 2 1.7 Structure of the Plan .................................................................................................... 4 1.8 Plan preparation process .............................................................................................. 4 1.9 Strategic Context .......................................................................................................... 5 1.10 Vision ............................................................................................................................ 8 1.11 Strategic Context Objectives ........................................................................................ 9 2 Core Strategy & Zoning ....................................................................................................... 10 2.1 Context ....................................................................................................................... 10 2.2 Population projections ............................................................................................... 10 2.3 Population estimate for the Plan area ....................................................................... 11 2.4 Land Requirement ...................................................................................................... 12 2.5 Development Strategy ................................................................................................ 13 2.5.1 Longer term horizon ........................................................................................... 14 2.6 Proposed Core Strategy .............................................................................................. 14 2.7 Zoning ......................................................................................................................... 16 3 Area identity ....................................................................................................................... 17 3.1 Historical Development .............................................................................................. 17 3.2 Urban Structure .......................................................................................................... 18 3.3 Physical planning and Community Identity ................................................................ 19 3.3.1 Tidy Towns .......................................................................................................... 19 3.3.2 The Urban Village ............................................................................................... 20 3.3.3 Signage and approach roads .............................................................................. 21 3.4 Area Identity Objectives ............................................................................................. 21 3.5 Area Identity Development Management Standards ................................................ 21 4 Economic Development and Retailing ............................................................................... 22 4.1 Economic Strategy ...................................................................................................... 22 4.1.1 Christendom ....................................................................................................... 22 4.1.2 Grannagh ............................................................................................................ 22 4.1.3 Abbeylands ......................................................................................................... 22 4.2 Commercial/Office Development ............................................................................... 23 4.3 Retail ........................................................................................................................... 23 4.3.1 Ferrybank District Centre ................................................................................... 23 4.3.2 Neighbourhood centres ...................................................................................... 24 4.4 Future Retail Development ........................................................................................ 24 4.4.1 Retail Impact Assessment ................................................................................... 24 4.5 Vacant Sites Levy ........................................................................................................ 25 4.6 Economic Development & Retail Objectives .............................................................. 25 5 Belview Industrial Area ....................................................................................................... 26 5.1 National context ......................................................................................................... 26 5.2 Profile of area ............................................................................................................. 26 Ferrybank‐Belview Draft Local Area Plan 2017 5.2.1 Infrastructure ...................................................................................................... 27 5.2.2 Road Access – N29 .............................................................................................. 27 5.3 Future of Belview Industrial area ............................................................................... 28 5.4 Appropriate Zonings ................................................................................................... 29 5.4.1 Transport connections ........................................................................................ 29 5.4.2 Truck parking ...................................................................................................... 30 5.4.3 Services hub at Marine Point .............................................................................. 30 5.4.4 Buffering of new development ........................................................................... 30 5.4.5 IDA lands ............................................................................................................. 30 5.5 Belview Industrial Area Objectives ............................................................................. 30 5.6 Development Management Standards ...................................................................... 31 6 Community and Housing .................................................................................................... 32 6.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................ 32 6.2 Community facilities ................................................................................................... 32 6.2.1 Hillsfield Community Building ............................................................................ 32 6.2.2 Health facilities ................................................................................................... 33 6.3 Educational facilities ................................................................................................... 33 6.3.1 Brothers of Charity ............................................................................................. 34 6.4 Future Provision of Housing ....................................................................................... 34 6.4.1 Housing on Lands Zoned for Agriculture ............................................................ 34 6.4.2 Traveller Accommodation .................................................................................. 35 6.5 Unfinished estates ...................................................................................................... 35 6.6 Community and Housing Objectives .......................................................................... 36 6.7 Community and Housing Development Management Standards .............................. 36 7 Heritage .............................................................................................................................. 37 7.1 Built Heritage .............................................................................................................. 37 7.1.1 Architectural Heritage ........................................................................................ 37 7.1.2 Archaeological Heritage ..................................................................................... 41 7.2 Natural Heritage ......................................................................................................... 42 7.2.1 Environmental Character ...................................................................................