County Donegal Development Plan 2024–2030 (As Varied)

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   County Donegal Development Plan 2024-2030 (As Varied) 268 Chapter 14 Marine Resource, Coastal Management, and the Islands MRCM-P-8 a. To support the maintenance of, and where a there is a demonstrated need, facilitate improved coastal/beach infrastructure and management services at Blue Flag beaches and candidate locations including: pedestrian/cycling access; vehicular parking and management, public conveniences/changing facilities, playgrounds/play areas, pedestrian/cycling infrastructure, waste management, informational signage, water safety, and implementing beach and maritime craft byelaws. b. Ensure other developments do not have a significant adverse impact on existing public access to coastal areas. MRCM-P-9 CC To facilitate development proposals for, or the carrying out of works to prevent, coastal erosion or flooding where the location is subject to significant long-term coastal erosion/flooding or the effects of sea-level rise and there is strategic justification for such interventions (e.g. to protect built up urban areas or strategic developments). MRCM-P-10 To ensure that new marine and coastal developments do not give rise to significant coastal change, nor have a significant adverse impact on: • The visual and scenic amenities of the coastline/seascape and the marine environment in accordance with the natural heritage policies of this plan. • Sensitive physical coastal environments (e.g. beaches, sand dunes and other soft shorelines) and take appropriate measures to protect same where necessary. • Coastal Geomorphological processes and systems (e.g. longshore drift, tidal currents, sediment budgets).. Where potential impacts are identified, appropriate evidence-based assessments shall be provided to demonstrate compliance with this policy.

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   County Donegal Development Plan 2024-2030 (As Varied) 269 Chapter 14 Marine Resource, Coastal Management, and the Islands

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   County Donegal Development Plan 2024-2030 (As Varied) 270 Chapter 14 Marine Resource, Coastal Management, and the Islands

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   County Donegal Development Plan 2024-2030 (As Varied) 272 Chapter 15 Public Rights of Way Chapter 15 – Public Rights of Way 15.1 Introduction Public rights of way are an important recreational amenity for local people and visitors and their enjoyment of landscapes, as well as providing linkages to amenities such as shore fronts, lakes and forests. The Council recognise the importance of protecting existing public rights of way which often provide important access to recreational resources, the integrity of which should be protected. It is a requirement of the Planning & Development Act 2000 (as amended) to include an objective for the preservation of public rights of way. The identification on maps and listing of such public rights of way is a further requirement of the Act. The Planning Authority has reviewed the data available to it on this matter and, as a result, has identified 36 such public rights of way following consultation procedures undertaken in accordance with Section 14 of the aforementioned Act. These routes are listed in Table 15.1 below, together with a map identifying the route in each case. These routes shall be subject to Objective PROW-O-1 and Policy PROW-P-1 below. PLEASE NOTE HOWEVER that the following three cases listed below which were recommended for inclusion in this Plan are not included in Table 15.1. at this time. This is because they are currently the subject of pending Appeals to the Circuit Court lodged in accordance with Section 14(4) of the Act. In each case if the Court, having considered the Appeal, decides that the Public Right of Way exists, the provision relating to the preservation thereof will then be deemed to be part of the Development Plan (per sub-section (5)(b) of Section 14) and so will be included in Table 15.1. On the other hand if the Court, having considered the Appeal, decides that any such Public Right of Way does not exist and so declares , it will not be included in the plan (per said sub-section (4) of Section 14). PMA REF.15.L2 – centre of Ballyhiernan Beach (Fanad) PMA REF.15.G3 – Castlegoland Beach (Portnoo) PMS REF.15.D4 – South end of Glencolmcille Beach Table 15.1: Public Rights of Way Number Location Inishowen Municipal District I1. Ballynarry Beach I2. Culdaff Beach I3. Dunree Beach I4 Glenburnie Beach I5 Leckon Beach, Inch Island

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   County Donegal Development Plan 2024-2030 (As Varied) 273 Chapter 15 Public Rights of Way Number Location I6 Leenan Beach I7. Sweet Nellie’s Bay I8. Tullagh Beach Letterkenny Municipal District L1 Downings Beach L3 East Side of Ballyhiernan Beach L4 West Side of Ballyhiernan Beach L5 North End of Kinnegar Beach L6 South End of Kinnegar Beach L7 North End of Stocker Strand L8 South End of Stocker Strand L9 Trafaghboy Beach L10 Tramore Beach Glenties Municipal District G1 Arlands Beach G2 Breaghy Beach G4 Dooey Beach G5 Dooey Magheraroarty G6 Dunfanaghy Beach G7 Marble Hill Beach G8 Maghera Beach G9 Magheraclogher Beach G10 Mullaghderg Beach G11 South of Braade West Beach G12 Tradearg Beach G13 West Pier, Bunbeg Donegal Municipal District

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   County Donegal Development Plan 2024-2030 (As Varied) 274 Chapter 15 Public Rights of Way Number Location D1 Fintragh Beach D2 Malinbeg Beach D3 South End of Rossnowlagh Beach D5 Tullan Strand Beach Objective PROW -O-1 To preserve public rights of way which give access to seashore, mountain lakeshore, riverbank or other place of natural beauty or recreational utility. Policy PROW -P-1 It is a policy of the Council to only support development where such proposals would not give rise to any impeding or obstruction of any public rights of way identified in this Plan.

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   County Donegal Development Plan 2024-2030 (As Varied) 275 Chapter 15 Public Rights of Way

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