Tramore Local Area Plan - Waterford County Council

Chapter 11: Development Control Standards● Hierarchical road system from distributor road to cul-de-sac.● Clustered groups of housing.● Variety of house types and design.● Judicious provision of open space, both private and public.● Mixture of hard and soft landscaping● The ‘living street’ design concept• The maintenance of access to sites for backland developmentIn terms of the above it is a policy requirement of Waterford County Councilthat development proposals for individual housing estates provide:-●●●●A variety of House type and size;A variety of design, elevational treatment and featured estateentrances;Landscaping proposals that include ‘street furniture’, planting,viable hard and soft community spaces;A minimum of 4.0m separation distance between the gables of nonattachedadjoining dwellings; and• Pedestrian linkages with adjoining developments, open space areasand amenity areas.The council may require prospective developers of larger housing estatedevelopments to submit a Community Impact Assessment that provides anassessment of the likely impact of their development in relation to (amongstothers):-●●●●●●The need for a community building;Accessibility to community facilities and services;Public transport facilities and services;Crèche/ childminding facilities;Educational facilities and provision andRecreational facilities and provision.It is envisaged that this measure will assist in flagging those services/ facilitiesthat require intervention and resolution, and also assist in protecting against ashortfall of such community facilities and services. Where the council considersit appropriate the planning authority may include conditions governing thephasing of the development and/or may extend the appropriate period of thedevelopment.81