Draft Ferrybank Belview Local Area Plan 2017

Draft Ferrybank Belview Local Area Plan 2017

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 ...................................................................................

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