Tipperary County Development Plan 2022–2028

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   TIPPERARY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022 – 2028 VOLUME 1 212 15.6 Planning Policy It is the policy of the Council to: 15 - 1 Implement the provisions of the Water Services Guidelines for Planning Authorities (DHLGH, 2018) (and any amendment) in assessing applications for new development. 15 - 2 Require that all new septic tanks, proprietary effluent treatment systems and percolation areas to be located and constructed in accordance with the Water Services Guidelines for Planning Authorities (and any review thereof) and the Code of Practice for Domestic waste water treatment systems (EPA, 2021) (and any amendment) and the development management standards of this Plan as set out in Volume 3. 15 – 3 Protect the Irish Water Eastern and Midlands Water Supply Project pipeline corridor from inappropriate development that would prejudice the delivery of the project and to refer any planning applications within the development corridor to Irish Water for comment. 15 - 4 Collaborate with Irish Water in contributing towards compliance with the European Union (Drinking Water) Regulations Drinking Water Regulations 2014 (as amended) and compliance of water supplies with the parameters identified in these Regulations. Where new developments cannot be served by public water supply, the Council will consider a private water supply where the developer can demonstrate that any new supply is adequate to serve the proposed development and that for domestic use; it is safe to be consumed as drinking water. Groundwater abstractions must comply with EPA policies and guidelines. 15 - 5 In line with the provisions of Section 5.3.1 of the Draft Water Services Guidelines for Planning Authorities (or any review thereof) new development will connect to existing water infrastructure, where capacity exists, in order to maximise the use of existing infrastructure and reduce additional investment costs. There is a general presumption that development will be focused into areas that are serviced by public water supply and wastewater collection network. In settlement centres where, municipal treatment plants do not have the capacity to cater for additional development, the Council will facilitate development, where the developer has agreed proposals for the up-grade of the treatment plant and/or network, as may be necessary, with Irish Water in accordance with the Draft Water Services Guidelines for Planning Authorities, and any amendment thereof, and the Irish Water Connection Charges Policy. The Council will require that such infrastructure is in place, prior to the commencement of the development.

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   TIPPERARY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022 – 2028 VOLUME 1 213 The Council may consider, on a site-specific basis, on-site waste water treatment proposals in cases where a connection to a municipal treatment plant has been demonstrated to be unfeasible or in settlements which are not served by treatment plants. Developments shall be subject to the criteria set out below: (a) Small Business, Community and Public Developments: the development shall be served by an on-site treatment system which demonstrates compliance with the Waste Water Treatment Manual: Treatment System for Small Communities, Business, Leisure Centres and Hotels, (EPA, 1999) (or any amendment thereof). or (b) Private Residential Developments: the development shall be served by individual treatment plants in compliance with the Code of Practice: Waste Water Treatment Systems for Single Houses, (EPA, 2021) (or any amendment thereof).In both cases as above i. the development shall connect to the municipal treatment plant, where and when such facilities become available65. ii. the development will not have an adverse human health, environmental or ecological impact on the receiving environment, including groundwater or surface water courses66. iii. the development shall demonstrate compliance with the Development Management Standards set out in Volume 3. 15 - 6 Require development proposals to connect to the public water supply, where such facilities are available. 15 - 7 Require all new development to provide a separate foul and surface water management system and to incorporate nature-based water sensitive urban design, where appropriate, in new development and the public realm. New developments, or retrofit/upgrading works, including those contributing to combined drainage systems where streetscape enhancement programmes or resurfacing programmes are planned, will incorporate measures to reduce the generation of storm water run-off, and to ensure that all storm water generated is managed on-site, or is attenuated and treated prior to discharge to an approved storm water system, with consideration to the following: 65 Full design details, plans and specification of further connections to be submitted at planning applications stage. 66 The Council must be satisfied that the receiving environment has the capacity to cater for the development and will require, as necessary, the submission of appropriate environmental reports at planning application stage.

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   TIPPERARY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022 – 2028 VOLUME 1 214 (a) Nature-Based Solutions to the Management of Rainwater and Surface Water Runoff in Urban Areas (water sensitive urban design) Best Practice Interim Guidance Document (DHLGH, 2001) and any review thereof, (b) The infiltration into the ground through the development of porous pavement such as permeable paving, swales and detention basis, (c) The holding of water in storage areas through the construction of green roofs, rainwater harvesting, detention basis, ponds and wetlands etc. (d) The slow-down in the movement of water. 15.7 Planning Objectives It is the objective of the Council to: 15 - A Work in partnership with Irish Water in the performance of its functions and in the implementation of the Water Services Strategic Plan, Investment Plan and National Water Resources Plan (and any amendment thereof), to ensure that water infrastructure complies with appropriate regulations and to ensure and support the sustainable development of the county. 15 - B Co-operate with Irish Water in the delivery of the Eastern and Midlands Water Supply Project and to ensure the maximum benefit from this project to County Tipperary, in particular with respect to economic development potential and security of supply. 15 - C Provide additional and improved surface water networks to both reduce pollution and support sustainable development. 15 - D Carry out on-going monitoring and registration of private septic tanks in the county in line with the EPA’s National Inspection Plan for domestic waste water treatment systems 2022 – 2026 (and any review thereof). 15 - E Support the sustainable development, maintenance and upgrading of electricity and gas infrastructure, by network providers, to enable the integration of renewable energy sources and enable an energy system that is safe, secure and adaptable. 15 - F Work in partnership with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications in line with their ‘Policy Statement to Ensure Security of Electricity Supply and Facilitate the Target of up to 80% Renewable Electricity Generation by 2030’, and to facilitate additional electricity transmission and distribution grid infrastructure, as well as additional electricity interconnection and electricity storage.

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   TIPPERARY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022 – 2028 VOLUME 1 215 16.0 Monitoring and Evaluation 16.1 Introduction The implementation and delivery of the Plan is a key objective of the Council. This monitoring programme will be supported by procedural, information technology and operational supports that will enable ease of measurement. The Council places an emphasis on monitoring, and it is a key objective of this Plan to carry out effective, cross-sectional monitoring and evaluation. 16.2 Legislative requirements and Reporting There are several pathways and outputs for monitoring applicable to the Plan. Under the provisions of Section 15 of the Planning Act, the Council is obliged to secure the implementation of the objectives of the Plan and to prepare a progress report on achieving the objectives not more than 2 years after the making of the Plan. Under Section 22A (2) of the Planning Act, each Local Authority is required, every 2 years, to prepare and submit a report to the Regional Assembly setting out progress made in supporting RSES objectives, relevant to that authority. In addition, the Council shall, in conjunction with the Regional Assembly and other sources as relevant, implement the monitoring programme as set out in the SEA Environmental Report and Statement. This monitoring framework is intended to assist the Council in meeting its statutory reporting requirements and the outputs will include: • The 2-year Progress Report of the Plan (as required by Section 15(2) of the Planning Act). • To accompany the report required of the Chief Executive under Section 15(2) of the Planning Act, a report to include information in relation to progress on, and the results of, monitoring of the significant environmental effects of implementation of the Plan after 2 years; and in advance of the beginning of the next Plan preparation process. This Plan will be in place from 2022 – 2028, and is a framework for sustainable development. It will be instrumental in the achievement of climate action targets over the crucial period up to 2030 whereby emissions reductions are to be frontloaded in line with the Climate Action Plan 2021. Policies and objectives arising from its Core Strategy are capable of being monitored to determine their effectiveness in terms of implementation and whether further policy or operational change is required to ensure their achievement. In particular, the population and housing targets will be monitored during the lifetime of this Plan to ensure that the town and village growth, regeneration and vitality is delivered as planned.

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   TIPPERARY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022 – 2028 VOLUME 1 216 • The Report to the SRA setting out progress made in supporting objectives of the RSES (as required under Section 25 A (1) of the Planning Act). 16.3 Monitoring and Evaluation The Council will put in place procedures to enable monitoring. Data will be collected in house (from both local authority monitoring programmes and national monitoring programmes, for example, in the case of water quality, the monitoring is undertaken by the EPA), for monitoring of special objectives and development management monitoring, in the case of monitoring of strategic operational objectives, external data sources from national monitoring programmes will be used. 16.3.1 Objectives The implementation and monitoring framework categorise ‘Objectives’ in terms of their contribution towards the achievement of the strategic county outcomes of the Core Strategy. Objectives are set out at the end of each chapter of the Plan, these are key operational objectives of the Council to be achieved over the lifetime of the Plan and their monitoring will be a key measure of the implementation of the Plan. Objectives have been devised in so far as practicable to be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Assignable, Realistic and Time-Related) and are important monitoring tools. 16.3.2 Strategic Policy Objectives The achievement of the strategic policy objectives of the Plan will be assessed through the consideration of progress under Key Performance Indicators. Data will be compiled from records in house and from national datasets. 16.4 Planning Objective Planning Objective for Monitoring and Evaluation It is the Objective of the Council to: 16 - 1 Undertake a programme of monitoring and evaluation of the Plan over its lifetime, as follows, and to align these monitoring protocols with each other as part of an overall monitoring framework: a) Prepare a 2 Year Progress Report of the Plan (as required under Section 15(2) of the Planning Act), having consideration to any regional monitoring programme in place. b) Prepare a Report to the SRA setting out progress made in supporting objectives of the RSES (as required under Section 25 A (1) of the Planning Act). c) SEA Monitoring as detailed in the Environmental Report.

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