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Limerick Development Plan 2022–2028 (as varied)
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- Chapter 6: Environment, Heritage, Landscape and Green Infrastructure189 Character Area Description Specific Objectives LCA O9 Tory Hill Tory Hill is an isolated, locally prominent hill, which is within 2km of the town of Croom and is visible from the Cork/Limerick Road. It is an important feature in the surrounding countryside and is of geological importance as it is a limestone hill with deposits of gravel, which have been left since the last ice age. The hill supports areas of scrub and woodland as well as limestone grassland. The dominant nature of the hill, which rises from the surrounding flat landscape, magnifies the effect of potential development in this location. a) It is an objective of the Council that there is a presumption against development in this location. LCA O10 Western Uplands (Western Hills/ Barnagh Gap/Sugar Hill) This is an upland area, which begins approximately 5km to the south west of Newcastle West with the Barnagh Hill area, which already has been designated as a scenic route in previous Development Plans. This hill range dominates the lower landscape to the east and is clearly visible from Newcastle West. Because of this and the extensive traffic through the region on the N21, any visual disturbance would be very obvious. The Barnagh Gap/Sugar Hill area in particular, deserves separate treatment within this region. The area generally has an upland character with isolated farmsteads and improved grassland punctuated by blocks of forestry, which is one of the characteristics of the area. a) Where housing is permitted, encourage appropriate scale and high-quality design for this landscape area, combined with sensitive site location and landscaping. Respect traditional scale particularly on elevated or locally prominent sites. b) Discourage the selection of locally prominent sites. c) Encourage the use of local landform and landscape features, combined with sensitive landscaping in order to screen development. d) Ensure that forestry that is subject to planning permission, is confined to below 280m above sea level to protect intact remnants of peatland habitat. e) This area is open to consideration for wind energy development. f) Where wind farm development is permitted, a random spacing layout shall be considered to limit the visual and landscape impact.
- LIMERICK DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028190 6.4.2 Views and Prospects Limerick contains many sites and vantage points from which scenic views over areas of great natural beauty, local landmarks, historic landscapes, Shannon Estuary and adjoining Counties, may be obtained. Due to the topography of Limerick City, its quality townscapes, riverscapes and landscapes, as well as its visual landmarks, there are many views of significance within the City. The City has a number of linear views consisting of landmark buildings, such as King John’s castle, the City walls and City skyline. River prospects are also important and usually, though not exclusively, experienced while crossing a bridge. River prospects in this instance refer to the ability to see landmark building(s) from bridges. In addition, the County also contains important prospects i.e. prominent landscapes or areas of special amenity value, or special interest, which are widely visible from the surrounding area. While views and prospects can be an attraction in their own right, they can also serve to complement other nearby attractions. Examples include the routes in the south east of the County, such as those close to Galbally, Ardpatrick and Ballylanders which provide an additional attraction for the area, to complement the Ballyhoura Mountain bike trail. New recreational cycle routes, with Kilmallock as a hub, have also been developed in this area. The Lough Gur and Tory hill views and prospects further complement the attractions of these areas. In the east of the County, the Slieve Felim way route close to Murroe, makes an attractive walking route to complement the attractions of the Clare Glens. The views and prospects within Limerick are shown on the Views and Prospects Map 6.2 further below, while details on the City views and prospects are set out in the Building Height Strategy in Volume 6. Objective EH O31 Views and Prospects It is an objective of the Council to: a) Preserve, protect and encourage the enjoyment of views and prospects of special amenity value or special interests and to prevent development, which would block or otherwise interfere with views and/or prospects. b) In areas where scenic views and prospects are listed in the Plan, there will be a presumption against development, except that required to facilitate farming and appropriate tourism and related activities. The development must be appropriately designed so that it can be integrated into the landscape.
- Chapter 6: Environment, Heritage, Landscape and Green Infrastructure Lan A B G K L S S S T W C S C C L LEGE DATE: OSI LICENCE No. D Adopte Agricultural Lowlands Ballyhoura/Slieve Reagh Galtee Uplands Knockfierna Lough Gur Shannon ICZM Slieve Felim Southern Uplands Tory Hill Western Uplands Caherdavin Southern Environs Castletroy City Limerick County Boundary LEGEND DATE: DWG. No. OSI LICENCE No. © Ordnance Survey Ireland. All rights reserved. Licence No. 2017/09/CCMA/Limerick City & County Council Adopted June '22 CDP-C5-LCA ap Galtee Uplands Knockfierna Lough Gur Shannon ICZM Slieve Felim Southern Uplands Tory Hill Western Uplands Caherdavin Southern Environs Castletroy City Limerick County Boundary DATE: DWG. No. OSI LICENCE No. © Ordnance Survey Ireland. All rights reserved. Licence No. 2017/09/CCMA/Limerick City & County Council Adopted June '22 CDP-C5-LCA Background © Open Street Map 191 Map 6.1: Landscape Character Assessment Background © Open Street Map
- LIMERICK DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028 NOT Pros Subu Volu Strat LEG DATE: OSI LICENCE No Adop NOTE: For Views and Prospects in Limerick City & Suburbs please refer to Volume 6: Building Height Strategy Views & Prospects Limerick County Boundary LEGEND DATE: DWG. No. OSI LICENCE No. nd t Map CDP-C5-VP © Ordnance Survey Ireland. All rights reserved. Licence No. 2017/09/CCMA/Limerick City & County Council Adopted June '22 192 Map 6.2 Views and Prospects Background © Open Street Map
- Chapter 6: Environment, Heritage, Landscape and Green Infrastructure193 6.4.3 Historical Landscapes The pace of landscape change in Ireland has until recent years been gradual, which has ensured the survival of a rich upstanding archaeological heritage, in addition to the survival of features such as field boundaries and old demesnes. All these features play their part in telling the story of Limerick’s past. Historical landscapes can be defined as the archaeological and historical elements that survive in the current landscape. Limerick is rich in such areas. Lough Gur is a wellestablished archaeological landscape and public amenity. Other areas, such as Limerick City and surrounding areas, Kilmallock, Adare and Knockainey, are also important from an archaeological and historical perspective. Apart from their historical interest, such landscapes can form the basis of specialist tourist attractions. The environs of Kilmallock, combined with the historic town itself, is one instance where part of County Limerick could, through its historical interest, provide the basis for a specialist tourist attraction. This could also be true of urban areas such as Limerick, where parts of the City core have intrinsic historical value. The carrying out of a historic landscape assessment would be a valuable step towards documenting the past landscapes of Limerick and a valuable tool in heritage promotion and awareness. Objective EH O32 Historical Landscapes It is an objective of the Council to, during the lifetime of the Plan, develop an historical landscape assessment process, which will identify key historical landscapes within Limerick. 6.4.4 Historic Gardens and Designed Landscapes The DEHLG have undertaken a Survey of Historic Gardens and Designed Landscapes where this inventory includes over 6000 records of historic gardens and designed landscapes throughout Ireland. Phase One and Two (Historic Ordinance Surveys and Aerial Photography) desktop surveys are complete for Limerick City with Phase three (field surveys) yet to be complete. Within Limerick City, some of these historic gardens include: •• Castlepark House (Moyross) Reference: LI-65-R-561597, Grid Reference: 561597; •• Corbally House (Corbally) forming grounds of St Munchin’s College, Reference: LI-65-R584590; •• Clonmacken House: LI-65-R-548568. Grid Reference: 548568. Policy EH P9 Historic Gardens, Designed Landscapes and Parklands It is a policy of the Council to protect and maintain surviving remnants of Historic Gardens, Designed Landscapes and surrounding Parklands including form and patterns of hard and soft landscaping and all mature trees and vegetation as highlighted in the DEHLG Survey Of Historic Gardens & Designed Landscapes Inventory. Objective EH O33 Castlepark It is an objective of the Council to ensure that the parkland characteristics and mature trees in the area surrounding Castle Park House which is zoned for Enterprise and Employment shall be retained as part of any new development.
- LIMERICK DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028194 6.5 Archaeology and Built Heritage 6.5.1 Archaeological Heritage Limerick is extremely rich in the diversity and quality of the archaeological monuments and landscapes within the City and County. There is a high rate of survival of rural monuments, which is largely due to the pastoral nature of farming. To date there are over 7,000 sites and individual monuments recorded in Limerick. These range from isolated pits to the inspiring ruins of the friary at Askeaton and the majestic King John’s Castle in the City. They include the graves, homes, farmsteads and towns of our ancestors. They are an intrinsic part of the landscape, they form our immediate environment and shape our experience and outlook and they are part of what makes Limerick unique. They are also, however, a fragile and irreplaceable resource. Limerick City and County Council is dedicated to safeguarding the archaeological heritage of Limerick. The location of each archaeological monument is provided in the Record of Monuments and Places, which is maintained and up-dated by the Archaeological Survey of Ireland. Hard copies are available for public consultation in the Council’s Planning Department and in all the libraries. Under the provisions of Section 12 of the 1994 National Monuments Act Amendment, any person proposing any works (this includes exempted development) ‘at or in relation to such a monument’ has to give two months’ notice to the National Monuments Service. Sites continue to be discovered, some of those found subsequent to 1997 have been included in the Site and Monuments Database which is available on the website archaeology.ie There is a stated preference under National Policy for preservation in situ. Consequently, the Planning Authority recommends that issues of archaeological heritage be addressed as early as possible by potential developers, through consultation with the relevant agencies, the Planning Department and the Local Authority Archaeologist. The Planning Authority will request potential developers to carry out archaeological assessments, in areas adjacent or in the vicinity of Recorded Monuments. Proposed developments can have a visual as well as a physical impact on the archaeological remains and developers are advised to respect the setting of the monuments in the wider landscape, when considering areas for development potential. The Planning Authority will refer all proposed developments likely to impact on the archaeological heritage to the National Monuments Service. Archaeological remains are also to be found in riverine, lacustrine and in estuarine and marine- foreshore, intertidal and underwater environments. There is the potential for previously unknown and unrecorded underwater archaeological sites and artefacts to exist. Where there is potential impact to Underwater Archaeology, the Council will require a licensed Underwater Archaeological Impact Assessment. The results are to be amalgamated with the terrestrial assessment to provide the overall archaeological heritage of the particular study area. Section 3 of The National Monuments (Amendment) Act, 1987 provides for the protection of sites of historic wrecks and lists of known wrecks are available on the website data.gov.ie/ dataset/national-monuments-serviceshipwreck-inventory-of-ireland
- Chapter 6: Environment, Heritage, Landscape and Green Infrastructure195 There are certain sites in Limerick in State ownership or guardianship or that have been served with temporary preservation orders. These sites are included in Volume 5. Under the 2004 Amendment to the National Monuments Act, any of these sites or sites deemed National Monuments in the care or guardianship of the Local Authority, will require Ministerial Consent for works in their vicinity. The main Recorded Monuments in Local Authority ownership are the older churches and graveyards. The Local Authority is committed to the preserving these heritage assets as funding permits. The effect of climate change on masonry structures has made the need for consolidation works even more urgent. Industrial Archaeology is an important facet of our shared past, particularly but not exclusively in our urban centres where it advanced development. The Council will expect proper recording of such buildings and associated infrastructure and will encourage incorporation of remains in future developments. Archaeological objectives are also included in the Heritage Plan 2017-2030 and the Council is committed to supporting these actions. The Council is also committed to working with local communities to enhance understanding of, access to and protection of locally important sites.
- LIMERICK DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028196 6.5.2 Special Control Areas The Planning Authority is fully committed to preserving the site and setting of our archaeological heritage. Since the adoption of the first Development Plan in 1967, the then Limerick County Council recognised the archaeological landscape at Lough Gur, creating an area of Special Development Control around the archaeological landscape. Other areas of Special Development Control have been established at archaeologically important settings around the county and further areas may be proposed during the lifetime of the Plan. Special Control Areas are applied to preserve and enhance the setting of these landscapes and sites. In the land-use zoning matrix, generally no use is permitted. The Special Control Areas within Limerick are as follows: •• Special Control Area at Mungret Monastic Complex, (See Limerick City and Suburbs (in Limerick), Mungret and Annacotty Zoning Map, Volume 2) incorporating all national monuments and protected views, including: (1) View from Mungret College northeast to the Monastic Complex and; (2) Views northwest across the Monastic Complex (See Map 6.2); •• School House Road, Castletroy (See Limerick City and Suburbs (in Limerick), Mungret and Annacotty Zoning Map, Zoning Map, Volume 2); •• Lough Gur (See Map 6.3); •• Abbey in Askeaton (area identified in the Local Area Plan); •• Collegiate Church and Priory, Kilmallock (area identified in the Local Area Plan); •• Croom Castle (area identified in the Local Area Plan); •• The Motte in Kilfinane (See Map in Volume 2 – Kilfinane Zoning Map); •• Special Control Area in Ballingarry (See Map in Volume 2 – Ballingarry Zoning Map). Objective EH O34 Special Control Areas It is an objective of the Council to protect and maintain the integrity of the Special Control Areas. Continue to zone important archaeological areas as appropriate as Special Control Areas where no development is permitted, other than possibly sensitively designed access. Objective EH O35 Special Control Areas Mungret It is an objective of the Council to protect and maintain the integrity of the Special Control Areas at Mungret Monastic Complex, incorporating all national monuments and protected views including: 1) View from Mungret College northeast to the Monastic Complex and; 2) Views northwest across the Monastic Complex. Development within this area will be prohibited with the exception of leisure facilities and moderate extensions to existing dwellings, which will not adversely impact on the character or setting of the complex. The Council will facilitate the provision of interpretative panels and directional signage for Mungret Monastic Complex and park, will be considered in consultation with local community groups.
- Chapter 6: Environment, Heritage, Landscape and Green Infrastructure197 Map 6.3 Lough Gur Special Control Area
- LIMERICK DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022-2028198 6.5.3 Conservation and Management Plans Conservation and Management Plans are a fundamental step in the preservation and enhancement of important complex sites. Currently the City Walls and Kilmallock Walls, both deemed National Monuments, have these plans in place. These plans also address issues such as medieval street and plot layout and the importance of preserving these urban remnants. There is increasing evidence that there is much more medieval and historic fabric contained within our standing buildings. The Planning Authority recognises the significance of these remains. In historic urban cores, detailed building surveys by experienced professionals will be required. Within urban environments the best method of preservation of both the existing built environment and any buried remains, is the reuse of existing structures, or through light buildings or appropriately designed foundations. Objective EH O36 Preservation of the Archaeological Heritage It is an objective of the Council to seek the preservation of all known sites and features of historical and archaeological interest. This is to include all the sites listed in the Record of Monuments and Places as established under Section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994. The preferred option is preservation in situ, or at a minimum preservation by record. Objective EH O37 Preservation of unrecorded/newly discovered Archaeological Heritage It is an objective of the Council to protect and preserve the preservation in situ (or at a minimum by record) of all sites and features of historical and archaeological interest, discovered subsequent to the publication of the Record of Monuments and Places. Objective EH O38 Preservation of the Underwater Archaeological Heritage It is an objective of the Council to seek the preservation (in situ, or at a minimum, preservation by record) of all known and all previously unrecorded sites and features of historical and archaeological record in wetland, riverine, lacustrine, estuarine and or marine environments. Objective EH O39 Protection of the setting of Archaeological Monuments It is an objective of the Council to ensure that no development shall have a negative impact on the character or setting of an archaeological monument. Objective EH O40 Proper procedures during the planning process It is an objective of the Council to: a) Ensure early engagement at preplanning stage is undertaken with the Local Authority Archaeologist to promote the ‘preservation in situ’ of archaeological remains and settings in development. b) Adopt a policy of archaeological monitoring of developments where the scale and nature of such developments may, in the opinion of the Planning Authority, have a negative impact on previously unknown archaeological features/ artefacts. c) Require the preparation of an Archaeological Heritage Assessment in cases where it is deemed that Archaeological Heritage would be affected by a proposed development (due to their location, size or nature). The report shall be prepared by a suitably qualified archaeologist on the archaeological implications, if any, of the proposed development either prior to a decision on a planning application or prior to commencement of development on site.
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