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2021 - 2027 LAOIS COUNTY COUNCIL CHOMHAIRLE CHONTAE LAOISE VOLUME 2 SETTLEMENT STRATEGY DRAFT LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN JANAURY 2021 1 CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 5 2.0 KEY TOWNS 2.1 PORTLAOISE .............................................................................................................................. 11 2.2 GRAIGUECULLEN ....................................................................................................................... 11 3.0 SELF SUSTAINING GROWTH TOWN 3.1 PORTARLINGTON ...................................................................................................................... 12 4.0 SELF SUSTAINING TOWNS 4.1 MOUNTMELLICK ....................................................................................................................... 13 4.2 ABBEYLEIX ................................................................................................................................. 14 4.3 MOUNTRATH ............................................................................................................................. 20 4.4 STRADBALLY .............................................................................................................................. 26 5.0 TOWNS 5.1 RATHDOWNEY .......................................................................................................................... 32 5.2 DURROW ................................................................................................................................... 36 5.3 BALLYLYNAN .............................................................................................................................. 41 6.0 VILLAGES > 500 POPULATION 6.1 CLONASLEE ................................................................................................................................ 46 6.2 BALLYROAN ............................................................................................................................... 49 6.3 BORRIS IN OSSORY .................................................................................................................... 52 6.4 KILLENARD ................................................................................................................................. 56 7.0 VILLAGES < 500 POPULATION 7.1 BALLYBRITTAS ........................................................................................................................... 59 7.2 BALLINAKILL .............................................................................................................................. 62 7.3 CLOUGH .................................................................................................................................... 66 7.4 ERRILL ........................................................................................................................................ 68 7.5 KILLEEN ...................................................................................................................................... 70 2 7.6 KILLESHIN .................................................................................................................................. 72 8.0 RURAL SETTLEMENTS 8.1 ARLES ......................................................................................................................................... 76 8.2 BALLACOLLA .............................................................................................................................. 78 8.3 CAMROSS .................................................................................................................................. 80 8.4 CASTLETOWN ............................................................................................................................ 82 8.5 COOLRAIN ................................................................................................................................. 85 8.6 CULLAHILL ................................................................................................................................. 87 8.7 EMO .......................................................................................................................................... 89 8.8 NEWTOWN DOONANE .............................................................................................................. 91 8.9 ROSENALLIS ............................................................................................................................... 93 8.10 THE SWAN ................................................................................................................................. 95 8.11 TIMAHOE ................................................................................................................................... 97 8.12 VICARSTOWN .......................................................................................................................... 100 3 1. INTRODUCTION 4 1.0 INTRODUCTION Towns and villages of Laois have a key economic and social function within the settlement hierarchy of this Plan. The objective of this settlement strategy is to support the sustainable growth of our towns and villages by identifying key growth factors that will allow each area to grow in a sustainable manner, supporting appropriate local employment opportunities and economic activity and building on the areas unique character and natural assets to develop thriving areas where people want to live. Investing in key areas to support regeneration such as town centre renewal is key in supporting the growth and viability of local centres. The Settlement Hierarchy of towns and villages as determined in the Core Strategy – Chapter 2 of the Laois County Development 2021 – 2027, Volume 1, is indicated as follows: Table 1.1: Laois County Settlement Hierarchy SETTLEMENT DESCRIPTION SETTLEMENTS TYPOLOGY KEY TOWNS Large economically active service and/or county Portlaoise towns that provide employment for their surrounding areas and with high-quality transport links and the capacity to act as growth drivers to complement the Regional Growth Centres. Graiguecullen SELF- Self-Sustaining Growth Towns with a moderate level Portarlington SUSTAINING of jobs and services – includes sub-county market GROWTH towns and commuter towns with good transport links TOWNS and capacity for continued commensurate growth to become more self- sustaining SELF- Self-Sustaining Towns with high levels of population Mountmellick SUSTAINING growth and a weak employment base which are TOWNS reliant on other areas for employment and/or Abbeyleix services and which require targeted ‘catch up’ investment to become more self-sustaining. Stradbally Mountrath TOWNS AND Towns and villages with local service and Durrow VILLAGES employment functions Rathdowney Ballylinan VILLAGES Villages that serve their local area Clonaslee (Pop > 500) Killenard Ballyroan Borris In Ossary 5 SETTLEMENT DESCRIPTION SETTLEMENTS TYPOLOGY RURAL REMAINDER (including villages with population <500, rural settlements and open countryside) 1.1 COMPLIANCE WITH NATIONAL AND REGIONAL POLICY This Settlement Strategy is informed by the National Planning Framework (NPF) and Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy (RSES) for the Eastern and Midlands Region(EMRA) Area. 1.2 National Planning Framework As described in Chapter 1 of Volume of 1 of the Laois County Development Plan 2021 – 2027, Project Ireland 2040 is the Government’s overarching long-term policy platform to guide and manage the future growth and development of the country. The primary aim of Project Ireland 2040 is to improve the quality of life in Ireland for all its citizens by creating and promoting opportunities for people and protecting and enhancing our environment. In order to achieve this goal, the NPF contains a series of national policy objectives (NPOs), which set outs out the intentions of the plan within specific areas. Table 2 below outlines the NPOs which are most relevant to the preparation of Settlement Strategy. Table 1.2: Compliance with NPF THEME NATIONAL POLICY OBJECTIVE (NPO) SETTLEMENT PLANS COMPACT GROWTH NPO 3c: Deliver at least 30% of all new A substantial majority of the housing homes that are targeted in settlements target will be delivered within the other than the five Cities and their exiting footprint of the towns in suburbs, within their existing built‐up accordance with CSO Census 2016 footprints. settlement boundaries. STRONGER URBAN PLACES NPO 4: Ensure the creation of Plans focus on creating sustainable attractive, liveable, well‐designed, high communities and taking account of quality urban places that are home to rural nature of many settlements as diverse and integrated communities well as urban generated that enjoy a high quality of life and development pressure. well ‐being. NPO 6: Regenerate and rejuvenate Plans have been informed by an cities, towns and villages of all types ‘asset based approach’ to and scale as environmental assets, that development which will seek to can accommodate changing roles and utilise the each settlement’s existing functions, increased residential social, economic and environmental population and employment activity assets to drive the sustainable and enhanced levels of amenity and growth of the town. design quality, in order to sustainably influence and support their surrounding area. NPO 7: Apply a tailored approach to Plans will