Limerick County Council Caherdavin Local Area Plan 2005-2011 July 2005 Caherdavin Local Area Plan 2005-2011 __________________________________________________________________________________________________ This Plan was formally adopted on 25th July, 2005 _____________________________________________________________________________ 1 Forward Planning Limerick County Council July, 2005 Caherdavin Local Area Plan 2005-2011 __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Table of Contents Part One Introduction 4-9 1.1 What is a Local Area Plan 6 1.2 Purpose of the Plan 7 1.3 Public Participation 7 1.4 Implementation 9 1.5 Format & Content of the Plan 9 Part Two Overall Strategy 12-16 2.1 Study Area 14 2.2 Development Opportunities & Constraints 15 2.3 Development Strategy & Objectives 16 Part Three Policy & Objectives 18-71 3.1 Housing 20 4.1 Built & Natural Environment 30 5.1 Urban Design 36 6.1 Community & Recreation 46 7.1 Water Services & Waste Management 50 8.1 Transport & Infrastructure 54 9.1 Economic Development 64 10.1 Retail 68 11.1 Land Use 70 2 _____________________________________________________________________________ Forward Planning Limerick County Council July, 2005 Caherdavin Local Area Plan 2005-2011 __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Part Four Development Control Guidelines 72-101 12.1 Introduction 74 12.2 Housing 76 12.3 Economic Development 84 12.4 Recreation & Community 92 12.5 Environment & Heritage 93 12.6 Transport & Infrastructure 94 Part Five Strategic Environmental 102-110 Assessment of the Plan 13.1 Introduction 104 13.2 Environmental Assessment Process 105 13.3 Planning & Environmental Issues 106 13.4 Trade offs between differing aspects of policies 110 13.5 Conclusions 110 Appendix One Caherdavin Zoning Matrix Table Caherdavin Zoning Map No.1 Appendix Two Amenity Map No.2 Appendix Three Caherdavin Archaeological Site Map No.3 Caherdavin Protected Structures Map No.4 Appendix Four Caherdavin Flooding Map No.5 _____________________________________________________________________________ 3 Forward Planning Limerick County Council July, 2005 Caherdavin Local Area Plan 2005-2011 __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Part One Introduction ‘This Local Area Plan covers the period from 2005 to 2011 and will be valid for six years from the date of adoption’ Main Sections What is a Local Area Plan Purpose of the Plan Public Participation Implementation Format & Content of the Plan 4 _____________________________________________________________________________ Forward Planning Limerick County Council July, 2005 Caherdavin Local Area Plan 2005-2011 __________________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ 5 Forward Planning Limerick County Council July, 2005 Caherdavin Local Area Plan 2005-2011 __________________________________________________________________________________________________ CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 What is a Local Area Plan? This is the Local Area Plan for Caherdavin. The Local Area Plan is a legal document and is a public statement of planning policies for Caherdavin. This Plan replaces the previous 1999 Caherdavin District Development Plan. The Plan seeks to provide a framework for how Caherdavin can develop. It provides some ideas as to how this development can be achieved, what new developments are needed, where public and private resource inputs are required, and some of the rules and regulations that will guide development in the district. 1.1.2 This Local Area Plan will cover the period from 2005 to 2011 and will be valid for six years from the date of adoption by Limerick County Council. Limerick County Council is committed to ensuring that the Plan remains compatible with both regional and national guidance documents such as the National Spatial Strategy and the Regional Planning Guidelines. 1.1.3 This Plan will outline the planning policies and objectives for Caherdavin. All planning applications for Caherdavin will be measured against the contents of the Plan. 1.1.4 The Plan has been prepared having regard in accordance with the requirements of the Planning & Development Act, 2000 (as amended) and the Planning & Development Regulations 2001 to 2002. The Plan also has regard to the policies and provisions of national guidance documents. 1.1.5 The Plan has been prepared having regard to the policies and objectives of the Limerick County Development Plan. The Limerick Planning, Land Use and Transportation Study (PLUTS), the Retail Strategy for the Mid West Region, the City and County Retail Strategies and the Regional Planning Guidelines are also considered. The Department of the Environment’s (DOEHLG) National Spatial Strategy is also considered and Limerick County Council will have regard to this strategy in future development proposals for the area. 6 _____________________________________________________________________________ Forward Planning Limerick County Council July, 2005 Caherdavin Local Area Plan 2005-2011 __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1.2 Purpose of the Plan 1.2.1 The purpose of the Plan is to: Facilitate and encourage planned, co-ordinated and appropriate sustainable development throughout Caherdavin; Protect the natural and built environment by ensuring that new development is of good quality and that it takes due cognisance of surrounding features, both built and natural and neighbouring land uses; Provide a basis for co-ordinating public and private development throughout the area; Inform the community of Caherdavin how their area will be affected for the period up to 2011. 1.2.2 Given the interest in local development and related issues shown by residents of Caherdavin and the commitment of the Council and local development agencies, there exists an opportunity to improve the physical fabric and overall environmental qualities of the area. 1.3 Public Participation 1.3.1 Limerick County Council, addressing issues and questioning the future development of the district produced a ‘First Choices’ document for Caherdavin. The document was produced to stimulate discussions on key issues, which should be considered in preparing the current Plan. The document was made available to the community at local centres such as the library and the Post Office, the County Hall Dooradoyle and the Council Area Office at Annacotty. _____________________________________________________________________________ 7 Forward Planning Limerick County Council July, 2005 Caherdavin Local Area Plan 2005-2011 __________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1.3.2 A public workshop was held in the Glenmore Park Community Centre on the 29th September 2004. A number of issues arose at the workshop and these issues are summarised as follows: Table 1.1 Main Themes Emerging Population: Conscious that Caherdavin is losing population and should grow. Gateway to Limerick/First Visual Impressions Travellers Halting Site and non descript commercial units Housing: Provision of a mix of housing: eg serviced sites, cluster type developments in more rural parts Type and design of houses should reflect settings. Easily maintained and robust boundary walls to housing Utilities: Adequate waste water disposal facility to facilitate further development. Transport: Cycle paths and safe walkways Constructing new junctions on Condell Road, to access potential zoned land. Community Facilities: Neighbourhood Park School place provision, if the district is to grow Retention of green lung between Caherdavin and North Circular Road is essential Provision of amenity facilities for the actively retired Industrial/Commercial Development: Development potential of Clondrinagh Industrial Estate hindered by limited road access. Impact of Retail/Commercial/Business development at the Coonagh roundabout in conjunction with the South Clare Economic Corridor 1.3.3 The themes, which emerged from the consultation process, form the basis of the structure of the issues dealt with in the Plan. 1.4 Methodology In assessing where we are going in terms of future planning and development in the Caherdavin area, the existing 1999 Caherdavin district plan will be used as a basis to establish how things have progressed on the ground during the last 5 years and how many of the objectives have been met. If objectives have not yet been met, (as it is reasonable that the achievement timescale may have been a longer term timescale than the 6 year lifespan of the Development Plan), their validity is questioned and whether they are still part of the larger plan in terms of resources/funding if that is the case and whether they are still realistic. 8 _____________________________________________________________________________ Forward Planning Limerick County Council July, 2005 Caherdavin Local Area Plan 2005-2011 __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Objectives Achieved Extension of Caherdavin District Shopping Centre (currently under construction) Expansion of the Clondrinagh Industrial Estate (however, uptake has been slow; needs to be reviewed as to how to stimulate development) Upgrade of existing water services serving existing properties Pro-active