Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council Planning Committee
Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council Donegal County Council Correspondence
To: Planning Committee Date: 23rd September 2015
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1.0 Background
1.1 Council has received two separate pieces of correspondence from Donegal County Council.
1.2 A Preliminary Consultation on the preparation of a draft Local Area Plan in respect of Tier 2 towns, namely; Ballybofey-Stranorlar, Ballyshannon, Bridgend, Carndonagh, Donegal Town, Dungloe and Killybegs (see Appendix 1) – received on 16th July 2015.
1.3 The consultation consists of a general information booklet and 7 individual booklets. The general booklet outlines;
What is a Local Area Plan; What is the process to prepare it; The Overall Planning Context; Strategic Environmental Assessment and Appropriate Assessment; and How to take part in the consultation.
1.4 The individual booklets detail each of the 7 Tier 2 Towns, including:
Their Context; Some facts; Current Planning Framework; Issues for consideration through the preparation of the Local Area Plan (specific to each town); and How to take part in the consultation.
1.5 A formal response from Council is required on this document. However, due to the deadline (11th September) occurring prior to the September Planning
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Committee, the Head of Planning has returned an initial response on behalf of Council (see Appendix 3).
2.0 A Notice of Variation No.3 (Rural Housing) to the County Donegal Development Plan 2012-2018 (as varied) (see Appendix 2) – received 5th August 2015.
2.1 The Notice of Variation No.3 (Rural Housing) is an amendment to the County Donegal Development Plan 2012-2018 (as varied) which took effect on 27th July 2015. It relates only to the deletion of previous text and insertion of new text at Section RH-P-5. The variation relates to amending the qualifying criteria for new rural housing through changes to Policy RH-P-5 “Areas Under Strong Urban Influence” so as to facilitate person’s who’s grandparents have resided at some time within that rural area for a period of at least 7 years.
2.2 This document is for information only. A formal response from Council is not required.
3.0 Financial Implications
3.1 None
3.0 Other Implications
3.1 None
4.0 Recommendation
4.1 IT IS RECOMMENDED that Elected Members note the content of both documents and the initial response issued and agree to the Head of Planning submitting a formal response on behalf of Council on the Preliminary Consultation document.
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Local Planning Office Causeway Coast and Glens County Hall Castlerock Road Borough Council COLERAINE BT51 3HS
Contact: Denise Dickson Donegal County Council Telephone: 028 7034 7137 County House Lifford Co. Donegal Ireland
Date: 1st September 2015
Dear Sir/Madam,
Re: Initial response to preliminary consultation on the preparation of a draft Local Area Plan in respect of Tier 2 Towns.
Thank you for your letter dated 16th July 2015 in relation to the above consultation. I have read the papers and wish to make the following, initial comments, as I am conscious of the consultation closing date, however, the documents must be presented to the Planning Committee before a formal Council response can issue;
Council has no submissions or observations to make in respect of the proposals contained within the document.
I can advise that the consultation will be presented to the next sitting of the Planning Committee, which will be held on Wednesday 26th September 2015, following which I will immediately issue a formal reply.
Yours faithfully
Denise Dickson Head of Planning