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OFFALY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2009 - 2015 Volume 2 - Settlement Plans of either network or waste water treatment capacity special development contributions may be applied to facilitate the necessary improvement works. 2.3 Other Services a) Social and Community Infrastructure. Belmont has a small base of such facilities. Within the plan boundary there are (in 2007) the following: • Shop (general merchant) • 2 Licensed Premises • Garage/petrol filling station The Church (RC), National School and community hall which serve Belmont are situated within the sraid High Street, approximately 1.4kms to the west of the village. These two settlements are, to a great extent, complementary. b) Roads New roads, which are necessary to serve in-depth development in Belmont, will be required to be designed and constructed to a high standard, in order to provide an attractive and safe environment. While these will be provided by separate developments it is intended that over time, they will evolve into an integrated network of routes allowing movement around and through the village. This will require adjoining landowners / development interests to co-operate at an early stage. c) Footpaths Footpath provision is generally poor and this should be addressed given linear nature of the village and the dispersal of facilities in the area. Given the linear form alluded to in paragraph 1.4, Settlement Form, and the dispersed nature of social and community infrastructure a footpath/cycleway from the east of Belmont through to High Street could encourage easy, safe non car movement in this area. This route should be lit appropriately. 3.0 KEY MESSAGES FOR BELMONT a) Belmont shall be developed in a properly planned coherent manner centred around the existing core, so that an attractive sustainable outcome is achieved. Policies and objectives with regard to village development are contained in the County Development Plan 2009-2015, Chapter 4, Settlement Strategy. b) Promotion of low-density clustered style development within the village, with the exception of slightly tighter knit development to help delineate and reinforce the “core” area at the crossroads. c) Avoidance of excessive residential growth where such growth would precede the provision of adequate services, or would not improve the village’s character. d) Promotion of Belmont as a local service centre to create the critical mass necessary for maintaining and attracting services. e) The conservation and integration into new development of existing stone walls, trees and native hedgerows, and promotion of similar materials for new boundaries. f) High quality designs which are reflective of the existing rural character of the village, shall be encouraged but without precluding high quality innovative contemporary designs. g) Promotion of natural building and boundary materials. h) Improve pedestrian linkages to allow safe movement in the area including the dispersed elements close to the village boundary. 4.0 GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES 4.1 The Main Objectives Driving Village Development are as Follows: • Facilitate people to live in high quality and primarily low density housing in a rural village location. • Maintain and enhance services at a local level. • Reinforce the attractive rural village, which exists at present by permitting appropriate and sensitively designed new development. • Create commercial and service opportunities. 4.2 Growth Rate The rate of growth will be regulated by the capacity and availability of physical and social infrastructure. Furthermore, development both in scale and rate shall not be allowed to take place at the expense of the village’s character. See County Development Plan 2009 - 2015, Chapter 4, Settlement Strategy. February 2009 | Belmont Village Plan | page 57
OFFALY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2009 - 2015 Volume 2 - Settlement Plans 4.3 Priorities a) Promotion and consolidation of development within the development boundary as shown on the accompanying plan. b) Improvement of the existing road network and provision of footpaths, particularly where existing development is not served by footpaths in conjunction with on-going development. c) Create / reinforce ‘gateway’ features to engender a sense of place and delineate the village. d) Encourage and facilitate co-operation between/ amongst the different development interests in order to maximise community gain, for the greater good of the settlement. e) If development is only forthcoming in a piecemeal fashion (i.e. along existing road frontages rather than lands identified to the ‘rear’ of road frontages), special development contributions may be applied and pooled so as to facilitate the Council in providing linking infrastructure / environmental management etc., at some time in the future. 4.4 Shape and Form The village as proposed within the development boundary shown on the accompanying plan will result in a more compact and coherent settlement, utilising the existing roads and with new internal roads opening up the surrounding backland areas. These roads will also act as linking and connecting vehicular / pedestrian infrastructure for the village as a whole thus allowing movement around and through the built fabric. The central area around the “cross-roads” will be treated as the core area and will accommodate a mixture of uses, for example, commercial, residential, entertainment, employment etc. All new development will be expected: • To comply with the land use zoning objectives contained in the County Development Plan, 2009 – 2015. • To have and illustrate an understanding of the local style and character. • To be designed and laid out in a coherent and sympathetically integrated manner, which is commensurate with the size and scale of this village. • To bring a mainly rural feel to the settlement with sensitive landscaping. 4.5 Design All proposals shall be consistent with the Council’s policy on design as contained in the County Development Plan 2009-2015, Chapters 4 & 19. Of particular note:- Development shall be well designed with a view to maintaining and enhancing the attractive rural character of the village. The Council will resist inappropriate suburban styles. 5.0 SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES 5.1 Archaeology It is an objective of the Council to secure the protection (i.e. preservation in situ or at a minimum protection by record) of all Recorded Monuments included in the Record of Monuments and Places as established under Section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, and their setting. 5.2 Protected Structures A complete list is contained within the Record of Protected Structures for the County. Policies contained within Volume 1 of the plan will apply. 5.3 Amenities (Open Space) While all new in-depth residential development schemes should incorporate sufficient good quality open space in accordance with the County Development Plan standards the scale of Belmont and the shape and form envisaged for the expanded village will preclude the creation of any large central open spaces. To this end, land owners/development interests around the cross-roads will be encouraged to work together to provide a communal area of open space within the north west quadrant of the village (see 2 on plan). This will be set against their open space requirements and will allow a slightly higher density tighter grained core/centre to evolve. In this regard, the Council will endeavour to ensure that different development interests consider the above when designing any new residential, or other developments, for example by requiring the formulation of a master plan. February 2009 | Belmont Village Plan | page 58
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