Kilkenny County Council & Carlow County Council Joint Graiguenamanagh/Tinnahinch Local Area Plan 2020- 2026 Invitation for Submissions on the Issues Paper for the Joint Graiguenamanagh/Tinnahinch Local Area Plan 2020-2026 by 5pm on Friday 22nd November 2019 and to attend public meeting Kilkenny County Council and Carlow County Council have commenced the process of preparing a new Joint Local Area Plan (LAP) for Graiguenamanagh/Tinnahinch to replace the existing LAPs. The LAP will be the statutory plan that sets out the land use strategy for Graiguenamanagh/Tinnahinch. To assist this process an “Issues Paper” has been prepared which identifies the key planning issues that may be addressed in the Draft Local Area Plan. Interested parties are invited to identify ‘bigger picture’ issues that need to be addressed in the LAP. There are two key components to this pre-draft consultation process: • An invitation to make submissions and, • A public consultation evening which will be held at the ‘The Hub’ Graiguenamanagh on Thursday 7th of November 2019 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm. The Issues Paper may be inspected from the 30th of October 2019 at the following locations: • Planning Office, Kilkenny County Council, County Hall, John Street, Kilkenny (during normal opening hours) • Planning Office, Carlow County Council, County Buildings, Athy Road, Carlow (during normal opening hours) • Borris Library, Borris, County Carlow (during normal opening hours on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday) • On the County Council’s website: www.kilkennycoco.ie www.carlow.ie Submission on the Issues Paper can be made before 5pm on Friday 22nd of November 2019 as follows: • Online at consult.kilkenny.ie/ or • By email to: [email protected] • By email to: [email protected] or • In writing to: The Senior Planner, Planning Department, Kilkenny County Council, County Hall John Street, Kilkenny. • In writing to: The Senior Planner, Planning Department, Carlow County Council, County Buildings, Athy Road, Carlow. Late submissions will not be accepted. Children or groups or associations representing the interests of children are also welcome to make submissions. Please note that all submissions will be made available for public viewing on the Council’s consultation website during the plan-making period. This is your opportunity to have a say in the future development of your area. We look forward to hearing from you. Kilkenny and Carlow County Council will treat all personal data you give us as confidential. We will retain your data for no longer than is necessary for the purpose of this LAP and in accordance with the Council’s Retention Policy and the relevant Data Protection legislation. Sean McKeown, Director of Services, Planning Department Kilkenny County Council Fiona O’ Neill, A/Director of Services, Planning Department Carlow County Council .