elphin local area plan 2009 - 2015 - Roscommon County Council

Chapter 4: Infrastructure and Services
Policy 35
Policy 36
Take account of any policies and programmes that may be in place for waste management
issues, such as the relevant Environmental Inspection Plan (developed in line with the
Council Recommendation on Minimum Criteria for Environmental Inspections – RMCEI)
and Enforcement Policy for Unauthorised Waste Activity established following the
Ministerial Policy Direction of July 2008 (Circular WPR 04/08).
Promote, where appropriate, the DoEHLG Best Practice Guidelines on the preparation of
Waste Management Plans for Construction & Demolition Projects, July 2006.
Objectives in relation Wastewater Management
Objective 40
Objective 41
Objective 42
Encourage and assist the community to become involved in environmental awareness
activities and community-based recycling initiatives or environmental management
initiatives that will lead to sustainable waste management practices.
Liaise and work with the Elphin Tidy Towns Committee in order to develop and
implement a strategy to increase the awareness of litter, and implement controls and
improvements with respect to litter.
Require the undertaking of appropriate investigations to determine the nature and extent
of any soil and / or groundwater contamination and the risks associated with site
development work, where Brownfield development is to occur within the Plan area.
4.6 ENERGY
4.6.1 Policy Context
The National Spatial Strategy 2002-2020 indicates that the key points to consider between local
planning and electricity network planning are as follows;
• The need to address electricity infrastructure in CDP’s and LAP’s to facilitate national, regional
and local economic progress
• The need to liaise with the operators of the transmission and distribution grids, particularly in the
environs of towns, to ensure the continued availability of corridors for overhead cables and
continuity of supply for existing and new users of electricity.
The Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act, 2006
This Act makes provision for key infrastructure development applications to be directed to the new
division of An Bord Pleanála for consideration. All planning applications for high powered transmission
lines are now expected to go directly to the Bord. This change in the legislation will ensure a more speedy
approach to such applications, and, decisions will be delivered within an eight week timeframe by the
Bord directly, rather than by a Local Authority.
White Paper on Energy Policy Framework 2007-2020
The recently published White Paper document sets out the Government’s Energy Policy Framework
2007-2020 to deliver a sustainable energy future for Ireland. The document prioritised the delivery of the
Single Electricity market in 2007, while continuing to enhance an all-island approach to gas, renewable
energy, energy efficiency and energy research. The document sets out a number of strategic policy aims
and goals:
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