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Kilkenny City and County Development Plan 2021–2027
The council's development plan written statement: its strategy, policies, objectives and development standards.
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- Chapter 4 Core Strategy Kilkenny City and County Development Plan Volume 1 36 The Council will support urban regeneration and compact development through investment in the Abbey Quarter & other initiatives to improve the public realm and regenerate underused land in the City. The Council will also support sustainable enterprise growth, services, physical and social infrastructure investment and the sustainable growth of all communities in the City. 4.3.2 Waterford MASP (Ferrybank/Belview) Waterford is the largest urban centre in the South‐East and the State’s fifth largest city and is unique in having a network of large and strong urban centres in close proximity. It has a diverse industrial and commercial base and has the fifth largest employment base in the State. The metropolitan area extends beyond the physical built up area into a defined metropolitan area extending to County Kilkenny and County Waterford. The vision for the Waterford MASP area is to develop a concentric city both north and south of the River Suir (which will include areas within County Kilkenny) with services appropriate to its status as one of the five national cities and recognising the people of the area as the heart of its potential. Notwithstanding Belview as a strategic location for employment, the wider Waterford Metropolitan Area within County Kilkenny has potential as a strategic employment location. This will be addressed as part of the review of the Ferrybank Belview LAP under objective 4I. The NPF has confirmed Waterford’s status as the principal urban centre of the South-East with the objective for the City to become an important driver of national growth and a ‘Regional City of Scale’ with a defined Metropolitan Area. The Waterford Metropolitan Area is located around Waterford Harbour and the River Suir. It is centred on the City of Waterford and its suburbs with an extensive rural area beyond the built-up area which includes a number of small rural settlements such as Passage East, Cheekpoint in Co. Waterford, Slieverue, and extending almost as far as Lower Kilmacow. The Port of Waterford is located at Belview, approximately 5km east of the City Centre in County Kilkenny which is also included. The Waterford MASP area encompasses an area of 143sq.km of which 85.05sq.km is in Waterford City and County Council and 57.60sq.km is within Kilkenny County Council’s administrative area. NPO 8 sets out the Minimum Target Population for Waterford City and Suburbs by 2040 of 81,000. This will require targeted growth focused on significant housing and employment locations identified9. 9 Waterford MASP Southern Regional Assembly RSES p309
- Chapter 4 Core Strategy Kilkenny City and County Development Plan Volume 1 37 Figure 4.2 | The Waterford MASP Boundary10 The MASP provides a high level strategic framework for the sustainable development of the Waterford Metropolitan Area based on the ambition for the City and Metropolitan area as an innovation-centred, enterprising, University City with a diverse population, a vibrant cultural sector, a thriving economy, and a significant and substantial profile that brings European and international recognition11. The ambitious targets for over 60% population growth by 2040 seek to build on the critical mass of Waterford as a balanced Concentric Metropolitan Area, north and south of the River Suir. In the long term, an increased proportion of the population will live north of the River. The steps required to achieve this Core MASP objective are both long term and short term12. Waterford PLUTS The Waterford PLUTS 2004 set out a strategy for the balanced and sustainable growth of Waterford, which proposed to bring the North Quays and the northern suburbs fully into the social and economic life of the City. The study advocated more balanced growth between the north and south sides of the River Suir. More recently, Waterford City and County Council and Kilkenny County Council have described this objective as the ‘Concentric City’. The principles outlined in PLUTs have been incorporated and developed through to the Waterford MASP area and provide the basis for a new set of Guiding Principles to build critical mass and transform the Waterford Metropolitan Area13. 10 Waterford Metropolitan Strategic Area Plan Southern Regional Assembly RSES p309 11 Ibid p309 12 Ibid p324 13 Ibid p319
- Chapter 4 Core Strategy Kilkenny City and County Development Plan Volume 1 38 The RSES sets out the Vision Statement for the Waterford Metropolitan Area: Waterford aims to be a dynamic, concentric, modern European city of scale and significance, a UNESCO Learning City, driving national and regional growth, prosperity, innovation and creativity which is supported by focused investment in transformational rejuvenation across the Metropolitan Area, a vibrant and diverse University City with a high quality of life for all through a high standard of physical and community infrastructure and housing options, education, amenities and opportunities for employment. Short term steps to achieve MASP objectives: In terms of physical development, the early enablers that will start the process are (a) the development of a new bridge to link the City Centre to the North Quays, (b) relocation of the railway station to a new Integrated Transport Hub on the North Quays and (c) development of the Abbey Link Road in Ferrybank. All three enablers support significant population and employment growth north of the river. Long Term steps to achieve MASP objectives: In order to rebalance the city, there is a need for a high degree of co-ordination across the entire Metropolitan Area. The implementation structures will need to oversee a rebalancing of overall population in favour of higher growth and population allocations north of the River. Significant growth targets set for the overall Metropolitan Area will not impede growth or development in the city centre and suburbs south of the river14. The Guiding Principles of the Waterford MASP are set out in the RSES. 4.3.2.1 Implementation of Waterford MASP Through RPO226, the SRA will establish robust structures of cross-sectoral stakeholder and crossboundary local authority steering group committees for the implementation phase to ensure the delivery of the RSES and the MASP is specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time-bound. Delivery of these goals requires the early establishment of MASP implementation structures following adoption of the RSES. Kilkenny County Council will work proactively with the Southern Regional Assembly and Waterford City and County Council to establish a MASP area steering committee for the implementation phase of the Waterford MASP. Ferrybank and Belview Port (Port of Waterford) is included in the Waterford Metropolitan Area Strategic Plan (MASP) area and although located in Kilkenny, will be developed as part of an agreed Waterford Metropolitan Strategy. For the purposes of this Core Strategy, the Council will use the figures set out in the RSES, which predicts an uplift of 1,452 people for Ferrybank/Belview between 2016 and 2027 (See Table 3.10). The Ferrybank-Belview LAP was adopted in 2017 and provides for significant housing opportunities within the plan area up to 2023. 14 Ibid p324
- Chapter 4 Core Strategy Kilkenny City and County Development Plan Volume 1 39 The Council has ensured in the short term, through a Local Area Plan for the environs of Waterford within County Kilkenny (Ferrybank/Belview LAP 2017), that there is sufficient development capacity for the various land uses required to support the international Gateway. Given the need for change to a more balanced concentric city which would require significant growth, development and accompanying infrastructure on the northern side of the River Suir (predominantly in Co Kilkenny), the population distribution for the MASP area requires review by the MASP Implementation Group15. Kilkenny County Council is committed to developing Ferrybank/Belview as part of a concentric city as envisaged in the Waterford MASP and remains conscious of maintaining the area’s social, cultural, sporting and political identity into the future. For the Waterford MASP area, the Council will support the growth of Waterford city as the principal urban centre of the South-East and the Waterford MASP with the objective for the City to become an important driver of national growth and a ‘Regional City of Scale’ within a defined Metropolitan Area. The Council will assist in the implementation of the Waterford MASP by reviewing the Ferrybank/Belview Local Area Plan to be consistent with the RSES MASP in a timely manner and incorporating it into the Kilkenny City and County Development Plan by means of variation. The Council will also adopt and give effect to the guiding principles of the Waterford MASP as set out on page 320 of the RSES and stated in text above. 15 RSES Population Projections 2026 and 2031 for the Waterford Metropolitan Area page 323. Objective 4I To commence the review of the Ferrybank/Belview Local Area Plan within 6 months of the coming into effect of this Plan having regard to the MASP and to incorporate into the Kilkenny City & County Development Plan by way of variation.
- Chapter 4 Core Strategy Kilkenny City and County Development Plan Volume 1 40 4.4 District Towns The Sustainable Place Framework in the RSES applies to towns and villages with a population over 1,500 people16, which provide housing, employment and service functions, ranging from commuter towns to more remote towns. Graiguenamanagh, while it does not exceed this population threshold of 1,500, possesses many of the characteristics of a District Town, such as being close to the population level of 1,500 and having primary and second level schools. If the area of Tinnahinch (within Co. Carlow) is included, the population in 2016 was recorded as 1,389. Graiguenamanagh plays a significant role as a rural service centre and has its own Local Area Plan, which is currently under review and is likely to be adopted during the making of this Development Plan. Table 4.4 Population of District towns as a percentage of County population 2016 Population 2016 % of County Population County 99,232 Callan 2,475 2.49% Castlecomer 1,502 1.5% Graiguenamanagh17 1,389 1.4% Thomastown 2,445 2.46% Local Area Plans for the District Towns of Callan, Castlecomer and Thomastown were reviewed and adopted by the Council between 2017 and 2019. The Graiguenamanagh LAP is currently under preparation. In general, these District Towns have well developed services and community facilities and have the capacity to accommodate additional population (subject to certain physical infrastructural investments). Population growth in the Local Area Plans was projected on a proportional basis and zoning for land for housing was allocated accordingly. In addition to the proportional projected population growth, provision was therefore made in each of the District Town’s LAPs for targeted provision of Serviced Sites in accordance with NPO 18(b). As part of the preparation of the Housing Strategy for this plan, the potential to review upwards the population allocation for the District Towns was considered. This revision was set in the context of the overall county allocation, the particular function of the town in the County context, aligning all population projections to a common date, planning decisions since the adoption of the LAPs, the availability of engineering services infrastructure (water and wastewater), social services such as primary and secondary schools and the ratio of resident workers and total jobs in the towns. The assessment concluded that some 150 additional people could be allocated over the plan period to the towns of Callan and Thomastown over and above that allocated in their respective Local Area Plans. Provided that water capacity issues can be addressed for Castlecomer, an additional population of 100 is considered appropriate over and above the adopted Local Area Plan. 16 In identifying settlements under 1,500 as “rural” and above 1,500 as “urban”, the RSES reflects the CSO categorisation of settlements which is contained in the NPF. 17 These figures do not include the Tinnahinch area in Graiguenamanagh
- Chapter 4 Core Strategy Kilkenny City and County Development Plan Volume 1 41 The Local Area Plans for Callan, Castlecomer and Thomastown, will be reviewed to ensure consistency with the Core Strategy and policy promoting regeneration, sequential development and compact growth and will identify regeneration, brownfield and opportunity sites that will contribute to compact growth. The reviews will be carried out within 12 months of the coming into effect of this Plan, subject to resources. Table 4.5 District Towns Allocation under Core Strategy LAP population allocation Core Strategy Allocation Callan 291 441 Castlecomer 207 264 Graiguenamanagh 277 277 Thomastown 265 437 The Council will ensure that the District Towns will in so far as practical be self-sufficient incorporating employment activities, sufficient retail services and social and community facilities. 4.5 Rosbercon (New Ross Environs) It is an objective to review the zoning for the area of Rosbercon in County Kilkenny in a joint Local Area Plan for New Ross and Environs in conjunction with Wexford County Council. The zoning map for New Ross is shown in Figure 4.3. 4.6 Smaller Towns and Villages The smaller towns and villages within the County need to be developed in a way that strengthens their role as local service centres whilst respecting their existing character. Achieving the right balance between encouraging development in smaller towns and villages and the scale and nature of such development is critical. It is important to ensure that new residential development in smaller towns and villages is of a design, layout, character and scale which fits well with the town or village involved and presents a high-quality living environment. In the 2014 – 2020 Plan 14 such settlements were identified. For this current Plan a total of 22 smaller settlements have been identified. To promote the vitality and viability of these smaller settlements as rural service centres, it is an objective of the National Planning Framework (NPO 18b) to “develop a programme of new homes in small towns and small villages with local authorities and agencies such as Irish Water and local communities to provide serviced sites with the appropriate infrastructure to attract people to build their own homes and live in small towns and villages”. In order to offer an effective alternative to the provision of single houses in surrounding un-serviced rural areas, proposals for developments with densities of up to 10 dwellings per hectare will be considered in smaller towns and villages where social services such as a school, church, pub etc. are available and engineering services are either available or can be provided by the relevant agencies within the lifetime of the plan. Individual houses are promoted and where a housing scheme is
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- Chapter 4 Core Strategy Kilkenny City and County Development Plan Volume 1 42 proposed, these will be proportionate to the scale of the settlement18. Housing development within the development boundary of the small towns included in Table 4.3 County Settlement Hierarchy will not be subject to the rural housing policy as outlined in Section 7.8 Rural Settlement Strategy. The scale and density of development in these settlements will depend on a number of factors including: • Availability of infrastructure including appropriate social, waste water treatment facilities and water supply, • Contribution to the enhancement of the village form by reinforcing the street pattern or assisting in the redevelopment of backlands • Contribution to the protection of the architectural and environmental qualities of the village • Capacity of the existing services in the village to accommodate the proposed development. Future growth in these smaller towns and villages will be incremental, small in scale and appropriate to the size, scale and character of the village. The Council will encourage development of economic activity, services and infrastructure provision in the smaller towns and villages of the county and allow for town renewal and serviced site housing provision in smaller towns and villages where services are available and/or planned, at a scale and character which is proportionate, in order to sustain and renew population and services in these areas. Settlement boundaries have been drawn up having regard to the following considerations: • The need to provide a compact and accessible town in accordance with the principles of sustainable development, • Its population at the time of the 2016 Census, • The potential for lands to be at risk from flooding, • The location and capacity of existing engineering (water and wastewater) infrastructure, • Proximity to existing and potential community and commercial facilities and the need to encourage sustainable growth (schools, shop, church), • The need to offer location choice and housing mix, • The existing built environment and road infrastructure and local topography, • Linkages (transport) to other larger settlements, • Existing planning permissions. The smaller settlements are identified in Table 4.3 County Settlement Hierarchy. Each of these settlements are subject to a map (See Figure 4.4 to 4.25), which depicts a settlement boundary. These settlement boundaries define an area within which development will be encouraged. Proposed development in these settlements will however have to have regard to the 18 In compliance with objective 18a of the NPF p73. “Support the proportionate growth of and appropriately designed development in rural towns that will contribute to their regeneration and renewal, including interventions in the public realm, the provision of amenities, the acquisition of sites and the provision of services.”
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