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Kilkenny City and County Draft Development Plan 2021-2027
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Kilkenny City and County Draft Development Plan 2021-2027
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Volume One County
1. Introduction
1.1 Legislative Framework
1.2 Strategic Environmental Assessment
1.3 Appropriate Assessment
1.4 Sustainability
1.5 Structure of the Plan
1.6 Policy Context
1.6.1 Climate Change
1.6.2 National Planning Framework (NPF)
1.6.3 The National Development Plan 2018-2027
1.6.4 Ministerial Guidelines and Directives
1.6.5 Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy Southern Region (RSES)
1.6.6 Food Wise 2025
1.6.7 Local Economic and Community Plan
1.7 Mission Statement
1.8 Monitoring and Review
2. Climate Change
2.1 Introduction
2.2 International Context
2.3 National Context
2.4 Integration of Climate Change into the County Development Plan
2.4.1 Core Strategy
2.4.2 Transport
2.4.3 Flood Resilience
2.4.4 Natural Heritage/Biodiversity
2.5 Strategic Objectives
3. Demographic and Socio Economic Trends
3.1 Population Trends
3.1.1 Population Change
3.1.2 Age Cohorts
3.1.3 Nationality
3.1.4 Household Size
3.2 Population Forecasts
3.5 Broadband
3.3 Housing Vacancy Rates
3.4 Socio-Economic Profile
3.4.1 Kilkenny's Economy
3.4.2 Employment
3.6 Travel to Work
3.7 Unemployment
3.8 Physical Development Trends
3.9 Key Strategic Issues for the Plan
4. Core Strategy
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Development Strategy
4.2.1 Promoting Compact Growth
4.3 Settlement Hierarchy
4.3.1 Kilkenny City (See also Volume 2)
4.3.2 Waterford MASP (Ferrybank/Belview)
4.4 District Towns
4.5 New Ross Environs
4.6 Smaller Towns and Villages
4.7 Rural Nodes
4.8 Development Management Requirements
4.9 Retail Strategy
4.10 Housing Strategy
4.11 Rural Areas
4.11.1 Rural Housing
4.12 Core Strategy Table
4.13 Monitoring and Review
5 Economic Development
5.1 Introduction
5.1.1 Impact of Covid-19
5.1.2 Local Economic and Community Plan
5.2 Economic Strategy for City & County
5.2.1 Financial Services
5.2.2 Technology
5.2.3 Manufacturing
5.2.4 Agriculture & Food
5.2.5 Tourism, Creative Industries and Services
5.2.6 Woodstock
5.2.7 Camping/Glamping
5.2.8 Outlook
5.2.9 Tourism Objectives
5.2.10 Third Level Education Facilities
5.3 Strategic Locations for Enterprise and Employment
5.3.1 Belview Port
5.3.2 District Towns
5.3.3 Enterprise and Employment in Rural Areas
5.4 Retail Strategy
5.4.1 A Framework for Town Centre Renewal
5.4.1 Trends in Convenience and Comparison Goods Retailing
5.4.2 Retailing in Local Area Plans
5.4.3 Retail Hierarchy
5.4.4 Core Retail Areas
5.4.5 Out of Centre Retail
5.4.6 Retail Objectives
5.4.7 Retail Policies
6. Housing and Community
6.1 Housing
6.2 The Making of Place
6.3 Sustainable Community
6.4 Housing Strategy/ Housing Needs Demand Assessment
6.5 Travellers
6.6 Vacant Site Levy
6.7 Residential Development
6.8 Universal Design
6.9 Housing Objectives
6.10 Housing Development Management Requirement
6.11 Local Economic and Community Plan
6.12 Community Facilities
6.13 Education & Childcare
6.13.1 Childcare Facilities
6.13.2 Primary and Post Primary
6.13.3 Third Level Education
6.14 Social Capital
6.15 Social Inclusion
6.16 Health and Well-Being
6.16.1 Hospitals
6.16.2 Nursing Homes
6.17 Positive Aging
6.17.1 Age Friendly Town
7. Rural Development
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Agriculture
7.2.1 Food Wise 2025
7.2.2 Action Plan for Rural Development 2017
7.2.3 Commonage Land
7.2.4 Fencing
7.2.5 Equine
7.3 Remote Working and Home-Based Economic Activity in Rural Areas
7.4 Forestry
7.4.1 Sustainable Forest Management (SFM)
7.4.2 Development Management Requirements
7.5 Extractive Industries
7.5.1 Aggregate Potential Mapping
7.5.2 Development Management Requirements
7.6 Fishing
7.6.1 Development Management Requirements
7.7 Diversification
7.7.1 Development Management Requirements
7.8 Rural Settlement Strategy
7.8.1 Development Objectives for Rural Settlement
7.8.2 Analysis of Rural housing Demand in the County
7.8.3 Rural Housing Policies
7.8.4 Categories of Rural Compliance and Qualifying Criteria
7.8.5 Refurbishment and Replacement of Dwellings in Rural Areas
7.8.6 Rural House Design Guidance
7.8.7 Implementation of Settlement Strategy
7.9 Rural Transport
7.9.1 Door-to-Door Routes
7.9.2 Scheduled Routes
8. Open Space and Recreation
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Hierarchy of Open Space
8.2.1 Regional Parks
8.2.2 Neighborhood Parks
8.2.3 Local Parks
8.2.4 Protection of Open Space
8.3 Trails, Cycleways, Walkways and Linear Parks
8.4 Greenways and Blueways
8.4.1 The River Nore, Suir and Barrow
8.4.2 Riverside Development
8.4.3 Development Associated with Water Sports
8.5 Recreation and Sporting Facilities
8.5.1 Accessibility
8.5.2 Protocol for Development of Facilities
8.5.3 Skate Park
8.5.4 Intensive and Major Sports Facilities
8.5.5 Noise Generating Sports
8.5.6 Floodlighting of Recreational Facilities
8.6 Public rights of Way
8.6.1 Rights of Way Development Management Requirements
8.7 Play Policy
8.7.1 Development Management Requirements
8.8 Allotments
8.9 Recreation/Open Space in New Residential Development
9. Heritage and Culture
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Natural Heritage and Biodiversity
9.2.1 Protected Habitats and Species designated for Nature Conservation
9.2.2 Biodiversity Outside of Habitats Designated for Nature Conservation
9.2.3 Green Infrastructure
9.2.4 Geological Heritage
9.2.5 Woodland, Trees and Hedgerows
9.2.6 Inland Waters - Rivers, Streams and Groundwater
9.2.7 Wetlands
9.2.8 Peatlands
9.2.9 Pollinators
9.2.10 Invasive Species
9.2.11 Native Plant Species
9.2.12 Landscape
9.3 Built Heritage
9.3.1 Archaeological Heritage
9.3.2 Architectural Heritage
9.3.3 Architectural Conservation Areas
9.3.4 Kilkenny Farm Villages
9.3.5 Street Furniture and Roadside Features
9.3.6 The Vernacular Built Heritage
9.3.7 Bridges
9.3.8 Embodied Energy
9.3.9 Floodlighting
9.4 Cultural Heritage
9.4.1 Placenames
9.5 Arts and Cultural Development
9.5.1 Arts Organisations
9.5.2 Arts Infrastructure
9.6 Library Service
10. Infrastructure & Environment
10.1 Water Services
10.1.1 Background
10.1.2 Capital Investment Plan 2020-2024
10.1.3 National Water Resource Plan
10.1.4 Water Supply and Treatment
10.1.5 Water Conservation
10.1.6 Waste water Networks and Treatment
10.1.7 Small towns and Villages Investment Programme
10.1.8 Water Quality
10.2 Environment
10.2.1 Pollution Control
10.2.2 Noise Mapping
10.2.3 Pollution Control Objectives
10.2.4 Light Pollution
10.2.5 Pollution Control Development Management Requirements
10.2.6 Flooding
10.2.7 Surface Water Drainage
10.2.8 Development Management Requirements
10.2.9 Waste Management
10.2.10 Control of Major Accident Hazards Directive (Seveso II Directive)
10.2.11 Fire Service
10.3 Energy
10.3.1 The National Transmission/Distribution Network
10.3.2 Grid Development Management Requirements
10.3.3 Gas
10.4 Telecommunications
10.4.1 Digital Connectivity
11. Renewable Energy
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Three County Energy Agency (3CEA)
11.3 Policy Context
11.4 Kilkenny Targets
11.5 Wind Energy
11.5.1 Current Status and Targets
11.5.2 Wind Energy Development Strategy
11.5.3 Development Management Guidance
11.6 Bioenergy
11.6.1 Background
11.6.2 Wood Energy Supply Chain
11.6.3 Short Rotation Forestry
11.6.4 Energy Crops
11.6.5 Liquid Biofuels
11.6.6 Renewables Gas
11.6.7 Renewable Gas Anaerobic Digestion (Biomethane)
11.6.8 Combined Heat and Power
11.6.9 Energy recovery from Waste
11.6.10 Development Management Guidance
11.7 Hydro Power
11.7.1 Types of Scheme
11.7.2 Development Management Guidance
11.8 Solar Energy
11.8.1 Passive Solar Design (PSD)
11.8.2 Active Solar Heating (Solar Thermal)
11.8.3 Photovoltaic Solar Electricity
11.8.4 Current Status of Solar Development in the County
11.8.5 Solar Energy Development Guidance
11.9 Geothermal Energy
11.9.1 Deep Geothermal
11.9.2 Air Source Heat Pumps
11.9.3 Water Source Heat Pumps
11.9.4 Development Management Guidance
11.10 Transport
11.10.1 Electric Vehicles
11.10.2 Biofuels
11.11 Energy Storage
11.12 Sustainability & Energy Efficiency in Buildings
11.12.1 Kilkenny County Council Energy Efficiency
11.12.2 Energy Performance Buildings
11.12.3 Building Design
11.12.4 Building Energy Development Management Requirements
12. Movement and Mobility
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Significant Policy Documents and Guidance
12.3 Integration of Land Use Planning and Transport
12.3.1 The Ten Minute City Concept
12.3.2 Objectives for Integration of Land Use and Transport
12.4 Modal Share Targets for County Kilkenny
12.5 Cycling and Walking
12.5.1 Cycling Objectives
12.5.2 Workplace Travel Plans
12.6 Waterford Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy
12.7 Public Transport
12.7.1 Bus
12.7.2 Rail
12.7.3 Taxi
12.8 Ports & Rivers
12.8.1 Belview
12.9 Airports
12.10 Universal Design
12.11 Road Network
12.11.1 Achievements
12.11.2 National Road Network
12.11.3 Access to National Roads
12.11.4 Regional Roads
12.11.5 Local Roads
12.11.6 National Road Improvement Projects
12.11.7 National Road Policy
12.11.8 Traffic Assessments
12.11.9 Road Safety Audit
12.11.10 Regional and Local Roads Objectives
12.12 Car Parking
12.13 Age Friendly and Accessible Parking
12.14 Electric Vehicles
13. Requirements for Developments
13.1 Introduction
13.1.1 Pre-Planning Meetings
13.2 Universal Design
13.3 Urban Design
13.13.4 Daylight and Sunlight
13.1.3.5 Storage Areas and Communal Facilities
13.13.6 Waste Storage Facilities at Apartments
13.4 Compact Growth
13.4.1 Density
13.5 Infill Development
13.6 Building Heights
13.7 Gated Communities
13.8 Bin Storage Standards
13.9 Separation Distances Between Houses
13.10 Boundary Treatment of House Sites
13.11 Housing Developments and Noise
13.12 Naming of Housing Developments
13.13 Apartments
13.13.1 Apartment Development Management Requirements
13.13.2 Apartment Sizes
13.13.3 Private and Public Open Space
13.14 Home Based Economic Activities
13.15 Family Flat
13.16 Domestic Extension
13.17 Off Street Parking in Residential Areas
13.18 Subdivision of existing Residential Units
13.19 Phased Residential Development
13.20 Open Space
13.20.1 Private Open Space
13.20.2 Public open Space Requirements
13.20.3 Open Space in New Residential Development
13.20.4 Play Space
13.21 Scale of Development
13.21.1 Plot Ratio
13.21.2 Site Coverage
13.22 Rural Housing
13.22.1 Access and Sight Lines
13.22.2 Wastewater treatment Systems
13.23 General Standards
13.23.1 Standards of Construction
13.23.2 Rainwater Harvesting
13.23.3 Building Regulations
13.23.4 Building Lines
13.23.5 Telecommunications and Broadband
13.24 Shopfronts
13.24.1 Fascia Signage
13.24.2 Security Shutters
13.24.3 Canopies and Blinds
13.24.4 Lighting
13.24.5 Signage and Advertising
13.24.6 Fast Food Take Away
13.25 Seveso Sites
13.26 service Stations
13.27 Development Contributions
13.28 Bonds
13.29 Tree and Hedgerow Preservation
13.30 Zoning Objectives (See Figure 4.26 New Ross Environs)
13.30.1 Agriculture
13.30.2 Community Facilities
13.30.3 General Development New Ross
13.30.4 Industrial
13.30.5 Mixed Use (New Ross Environs)
13.30.6 Amenity / Green links/Biodiversity conservation/ Open Space/Recreation
13.30.7 Existing Residential
13.30.8 Residential (Low Density)
13.30.9 New Residential
13.31 Non-Conforming Uses
Volume Two City
1. Introduction
2. Core Strategy
3. Economic and Retail Strategy
4. Heritage Strategy
5. Movement and Mobility Strategy
6. Kilkenny City: Placemaking
7. Infrastructure and Environment
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