boyle local area plan 2012 - 2018 - Roscommon County Council

PART II: DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR 2012 – 2018 & BEYOND Chapter 8: Urban Development & Design
Policy 87
Promote accessibility and local permeability by
developments that connect with each other and are easy
to move through, putting people before traffic and
integrating land uses and transport.
A landscaping plan should be provided with
development applications. The landscaping plan should
provide the following information:
1. Overall landscape design with details of both hard
and soft landscaping.
2. Survey of all existing planting and drainage lines
on the development site.
3. Details of the location, number and species names
of all planting proposed to be retained, removed
and/or planted on the site. All proposed planting
should be suitable to the site and soil conditions.
Photo 54 – 57: Landscaping in Residential Areas (Source:
www.christylandscaping.com)
Photos 58 – 60: Landscaping in Tourism & Leisure Areas
(Source: www.sapgroup.com)
Policies for Architecture and Urban Design
Policy 85
Promote character in Boyle by development that
responds to and reinforces local distinctive patterns of
development, landscape and culture.
Policy 86
Promote the continuity of street frontages and the
enclosure of space by development, which clearly
defines private and public spaces and has a hierarchy of
open spaces: private, semi-private and public.
Policy 88
Ensure that adequate open spaces and landscaping are
established to structure developments, provide visual
relief to built areas and to ensure adequate aspects and
natural lighting to buildings. This landscaping will
soften the impact and setting of development, provide a
limit to its extent, a buffer between the development
and adjacent land uses.
Objectives for Architecture & Urban Design
Objective 117
Require designers to;
‣ identify and recognise the essential elements of
quality, which determine the character of an area,
‣ demonstrate that the proposed development has
continuity and enclosure of spaces, and that public
and private spaces are defined, and
‣ demonstrate the adaptability, diversity and mix of
the proposed development.
Objective 118
Ensure that all new developments and extensions or
alterations to existing premises shall incorporate
suitable site landscaping plans showing existing
planting to be retained or removed and additional
planting suitable to the site and soil conditions to be
planted. Other measures to reduce or ameliorate
impacts on surrounding land uses, including residential
areas may also be required, where necessary.
Boyle Local Area Plan 2012 – 2018 Page 117