Annual Budget 2009 - Roscommon County Council
Annual Budget 2009 - Roscommon County Council
Annual Budget 2009 - Roscommon County Council
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Division D | Development Management<br />
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Development Management<br />
D01 Forward Planning<br />
The <strong>Roscommon</strong> <strong>County</strong> Development Plan was adopted on 3rd June and came into effect on 30th June 2008.<br />
As part of Objective 3 (Pg. 16 of <strong>County</strong> Development Plan), a priority schedule for Local Area Plans and Village<br />
Design Statements was provided. These are to be completed during the lifetime of the Plan. As part of this process<br />
the Village Design Statements for Ballyleague, Cootehall, Knockcroghery & Lecarrow commenced and were<br />
finalised during 2008. The Village Design Statements have involved extensive public consultation and the feedback<br />
from the Communities has been invaluable. It is proposed that the Tulsk Village Design Statement will be prepared<br />
during <strong>2009</strong>.<br />
The Pre-Draft phase of the Local Area Plans for Monksland / Bellanamullia, Elphin, Roosky, Strokestown & Lough<br />
Key began in September 2008 and it is intended that the statutory notice for these plans will be advertised in early<br />
<strong>2009</strong>. It will then be a 35 week period until their adoption and the process will involve extensive public consultation.<br />
Preparation of the Rural Design Guidelines for <strong>County</strong> <strong>Roscommon</strong> will now be carried out in-house in <strong>2009</strong>.<br />
D02 Development Management<br />
The 2000-2007 Planning Acts and associated Regulations continue to be implemented by the Planning Section. In<br />
2008 over 1500 applications were made to <strong>Roscommon</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Council</strong>.<br />
During the year, the scanning of all applications received was introduced and these documents are available on the<br />
<strong>Council</strong>’s Website www.roscommoncoco.ie. The scanning of files back to 2001 will be complete by June <strong>2009</strong>.<br />
In addition, the Geographical Information System gPlan was introduced on the site. gPlan is a map based online<br />
planning enquiry tool. It allows the user to query, locate, and interrogate planning applications through an interactive<br />
map, enabling the user to interpret the spatial element of any application. Currently data back to 2005 is available.<br />
Further historical information back to 2001 will be introduced during <strong>2009</strong>.<br />
D03 Enforcement<br />
The Planning Enforcement Section enforces conditions attached to Planning Permissions granted by <strong>Roscommon</strong><br />
<strong>County</strong> <strong>Council</strong> or An Bord Pleanála and investigates complaints of unauthorised developments.<br />
In 2008 to date 120 new complaints were received and investigated. To date 196 Warning letters under Section<br />
152 of the Planning and Development Act have been issued and 41 enforcement notices have been served under<br />
section 154.<br />
Nine unauthorised development cases have been successfully prosecuted to date in 2008, with a number of other<br />
cases are also at various stages of legal proceedings.<br />
The planning enforcement section is also responsible for the collection of all development contributions attached<br />
to permissions granted.<br />
D04 Operation and Maintenance of Industrial Sites and<br />
Commercial Facilities<br />
The <strong>County</strong> <strong>Council</strong> is always looking to encourage industrial development throughout the <strong>County</strong> and uses the<br />
funding available to promote <strong>County</strong> <strong>Roscommon</strong> to businesses.<br />
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<strong>Roscommon</strong> <strong>County</strong> <strong>Council</strong> | Comhairle Chontae Ros Comain | Adopted <strong>Budget</strong> <strong>2009</strong> | For year ended 31st December <strong>2009</strong>