boyle local area plan 2012 - 2018 - Roscommon County Council
boyle local area plan 2012 - 2018 - Roscommon County Council
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PART II: DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR <strong>2012</strong> – <strong>2018</strong> & BEYOND Chapter 8: Urban Development & Design<br />
developments. These standards and guidelines are<br />
complimentary to the overall development strategy and<br />
the individual objectives and policies of the RCDP<br />
2008 – 2014 as well as the Boyle LAP 2011 - 2017.<br />
The Development Management Guidelines and<br />
Standards are set out in Chapter 12 of the <strong>Roscommon</strong><br />
<strong>County</strong> Development Plan 2008 – 2014 and it will be a<br />
requirement of all new developments to comply with<br />
these whilst they are in force as well as their successors<br />
from 2014 to 2020.<br />
For residential development, further requirements are<br />
outlined in the DEHLG, Sustainable Residential<br />
Development in Urban Areas: Guidelines for Planning<br />
Authorities (May 2009) and Urban Design Manual: A<br />
best practice guide (May 2009), as well as Guidelines<br />
for Planning Authorities on Sustainable Urban<br />
Housing: Design Standards for Apartments (DEHLG,<br />
2007), which <strong>Roscommon</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Council</strong> will have<br />
regard to when assessing applications for residential<br />
development which replace the 1999 Guidelines.<br />
With regard to traditional shopfronts and buildings on<br />
the Record of Protected Structures (RPS) or within<br />
Architectural Conservation Areas (ACA) the<br />
Architectural Heritage Protection - Guidelines for<br />
Planning Authorities (DEHLG, 2005), should be used<br />
to guide development.<br />
<strong>Roscommon</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Council</strong> has adopted a Policy on<br />
Advertising Signs and this should be referred to and<br />
read in conjunction with the section on Advertising<br />
when such signs are considered within the LAP <strong>area</strong>.<br />
Potential applicants are advised to contact the Planning<br />
Authority prior to lodging a <strong>plan</strong>ning application<br />
particularly in the case of large developments and those<br />
requiring an Environmental Impact Statement. Prior<br />
consultation with the Planning Authority can reduce<br />
delays in the <strong>plan</strong>ning process.<br />
Included hereunder are sections of guidelines and<br />
standards which may have changed from those included<br />
within the RCDP 2008 – 2014.<br />
8.3.1 Wastewater Treatment<br />
The <strong>Council</strong> recognises that large <strong>area</strong>s outside the<br />
mains sewerage system are dependent on individual<br />
wastewater treatment facilities. Where such systems are<br />
used it is important that they are installed and<br />
maintained to the highest possible standards and that<br />
they conform to the requirements set out in the EPA<br />
Waste Water Treatment Manual, and more up-to-date<br />
standards if issued. Individual treatment systems will<br />
not be permitted in serviced <strong>area</strong>s and will only be<br />
allowed in zoned <strong>area</strong>s in the most exceptional<br />
circumstances.<br />
8.3.2 Flood Risk & Protection<br />
This section should be read in conjunction with the<br />
guidelines produced by the DEHLG and the OPW, The<br />
Planning System and Flood Risk Management (2009).<br />
New development will be required to meet the<br />
following criteria;<br />
• Development, which is sensitive to the effects of<br />
flooding, will not be permitted in flood prone or<br />
marginal <strong>area</strong>s<br />
• Appropriately designed development, which is not<br />
sensitive to the effects of flooding, may be<br />
permissible in flood plains provided it does not<br />
significantly reduce the flood plain <strong>area</strong> or<br />
otherwise restrict flow across floodplains<br />
• Development, must so far as is reasonably<br />
practicable, incorporate the maximum provision in<br />
terms of attenuation to reduce the rate and quantity<br />
of runoff.<br />
• For developments adjacent to water courses of a<br />
significant conveyance capacity any structures must<br />
be set back from the edge of the watercourse to<br />
allow access for channel clearing/maintenance.<br />
This would usually be a minimum of 10 metres.<br />
• Any new development must be designed and<br />
constructed to meet the following minimum flood<br />
design standards:<br />
- For urban <strong>area</strong>s and where development<br />
(existing, proposed or anticipated) are involved<br />
the 100 year flood<br />
- For Rural <strong>area</strong>s or where further developments<br />
(existing, proposed or anticipated) are not<br />
involved – the 25 year flood.<br />
8.3.3 Residential Site Maintenance and<br />
Management<br />
The Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended,<br />
provides for the inclusion of conditions attached to a<br />
<strong>plan</strong>ning permission regarding the maintenance and<br />
management of a proposed development. This includes<br />
the establishment of a management company or the<br />
appointment of a person to carry out such management<br />
(including waste management) or maintenance. Once<br />
the development is complete, provisions for estate<br />
management should be created in order to maintain the<br />
amenity, quality and visual quality of a development.<br />
Details of the management company, inclusive of the<br />
framework of the management company, must be<br />
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