Tramore Local Area Plan - Waterford County Council

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Chapter 2: Demographicspopulation has increased at a greater rate than the ED as was experienced in theperiod from 1996-2002. The figures presented below represent house counts ascompiled by the Planning Authority which gives a figure of 736 new householdsconstructed since 2002 to the end of 2005 or an additional 2009 persons living inTramore at the end of 2005. This represents an annual increase of 2.54%. It canbe assumed that the population will grow a further 2.54% in 2006 and this wouldresult in a current population of 10, 575 persons residing in Tramore.Table 3:HouseCountFigures…Year House Count % change2002 268 3.72003 185 2.562004 180 2.52005 103 1.4Average yearly increase =2.54%2.1.3 Population ProjectionsIf the average yearly increase of 2.54% is sustained over the period of this Plan(from 2007 to 2013) then the population of Tramore is predicted to be 12, 605persons by 2013.Section 4.14 of the Draft Guidelines for Planning Authorities on the preparationof Development Plans state that Planning Authorities should ensure that at thetime they make a development plan, enough land will be available to meet theresidential needs for at least the next nine years (i.e.) three years longer than thelife of the Plan .It is predicted, based on the current yearly average increase, thatthe population of Tramore shall be approximately 13, 637 persons by 2016.The above represents a total population increase over the lifetime of the plan of19% or 2030 persons. That equates to 743 households based on an averagehousehold size of 2.73 persons. If we take the density to be 10 units per acrethen the required amount of zoned land for the period of the plan is aprox 74acres or 30 hectares. To cater for an additional three years zoning requirementbeyond the lifetime of the Plan an additional 37.8 acres or 15.2 hectares isrequired to cater for an additional 378 households.Predicting population figures into the future is a difficult undertaking given theuncertainty of underlying factors such as global and national economics,migration patterns, population mobility etc. The Regional Planning Guidelinespredict that population growth will continue at its present rate and then slowdown due to a reduction in overspill development from the Greater Dublin Area.An average population growth of 9.47% is predicted between 2002 and 2020 forthe entire South East Region. It is considered that this growth rate isconservative and will be exceeded in the case of Tramore, based on thepopulation growth experienced in the period 1996-2002.On this basis, the population increase for Tramore is anticipated to be of theorder of 19% – providing for a population increase by 2013, of approximately18
Chapter 2: Demographics2030 persons, bringing the population for the town to approximately 12,605persons.2.2 EMPLOYMENTTramore has developed primarily as a dormitory town and employmentopportunities have been very limited. In order to readdress this situation, suitablelands shall have to be ear marked for office /commercial /industrial developmentover the life time of this plan. Economic development is dealt with in moredetail in Chapter 4 of this Plan.2.3 FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IMPACTSA number of current and future initiatives are likely to have notable impacts onthe town, in terms of employment change and opportunity, over the life of thisLocal Area Plan. These include, amongst others:• Waterford City’s Gateway status (NSS and RPG designations);• WIT Campus expansion at Carriganore and possible University status forWIT;• Future development of Waterford Regional Airport;• Completion of Tramore Wastewater Treatment Plant;• The expansion of the town area towards the promenade area;• Amalgamation of Secondary Schools.19
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