Chapter 3: Settlement and Housing Strategy
Amendment No.: | Proposed Amendment Chapter 3.1 |
Submission/NOM/(FTF) NOM Numbers |
MH-C5-816 |
Chapter/Section |
Section 3.4.2 Table 3.4 |
Proposed Material Amendment | |
Amend Table 3.4 Meath Settlement Hierarchy in Section 3.4.2 ‘Settlement hierarchy’ as follows: Ballivor and Longwood designated as a Small Town as opposed to Village in Tier 5 Duleek moves from Towns /Villages to a Self-sustaining Town Update reference to towns in respect to their designation in the Settlement Hierarchy wherever necessary. Refer to Table 3.4 Please see Proposed Volume 3 Amendment No. 1 for the Settlement Hierarchy Map which is associated with this amendment. |
Table 3.4
Settlement Type |
Description |
Settlement |
Regional Growth Centre |
Large towns with a high level of self-sustaining employment and services that act as regional economic drivers and play a significant role for a wide catchment area. |
South Drogheda Environs |
Key Town |
Large economically active service and/or county towns that provide employment for their surrounding areas and with high quality transport links and the capacity to act as growth drivers to complement the Regional Growth Centres. |
Navan Maynooth |
Self-Sustaining Growth Towns |
Towns with a moderate level of jobs and services – includes sub-county market towns and commuter towns with good transport links and capacity for continued commensurate growth to become more Self-Sustaining. |
Dunboyne Ashbourne Dunshaughlin5 Kells, Trim |
Self-Sustaining Towns |
Towns with high levels of population growth and a weak employment base which are reliant on other areas for employment and/ or services and which require targeted ‘catch up’ investment to become more self sustaining. |
Laytown/Bettystown/Mornington/ Donacarney Ratoath Enfield Duleek Stamullen Kilcock |
Towns and Villages |
Towns and villages with local service and employment functions. |
Towns – Athboy
|
Rural |
Villages and the wider rural region |
Baile Ghib, Carlanstown, Carnaross, Clonard, Clonee Crossakiel, Donore, Drumconrath, Gormanstown, Julianstown, Kentstown, Kilbride, Kildalkey, Kilmainhamwood, Kilmessan, Moynalty, Nobber, Rathcairn, Rathmolyon, Slane, Summerhill |
5 Section 3.4.8 of this Plan ‘Self-Sustaining Growth Towns’ sets out the reasons for including Dunshaughlin as a Self Sustaining Growth-Town in the Settlement Hierarchy
Amendment No.: | Proposed Amendment Chapter 3.2 |
Submission/NOM/(FTF) NOM Numbers |
MH-C5-816 |
Chapter/Section |
Section 3.4.9 & Section 3.4.10 |
Proposed Material Amendment | |
Amend the following body text: Delete from Section 3.4.10 ‘Towns and Villages’ as follows;
Add to Section 3.4.9 ‘Self-Sustaining Towns’ the following body text; Whilst Duleek has experienced commuter-led residential development, employment in the town has also grown through the expansion of the Business Park. The continued expansion of the Business Park will be encouraged inorder to provide a greater proportion of employment locally, consistent with the settlements role as a self-sustainingtown proximate to a regional growth centre. |
Amendment No.: | Proposed Amendment Chapter 3.3 |
Submission/NOM/(FTF) NOM Numbers |
MH-C5-816 |
Chapter/Section |
Section 3.7 |
Proposed Material Amendment | |
Amend the following objective in Section 3.7 ‘The Settlement Hierarchy and Future Population Growth in Meath’:
SH OBJ 4 To operate an Order of Priority for the release and development of residential lands with any lands identified as being ‘Post 202 |
Amendment No.: | Proposed Amendment Chapter 3.4 |
Submission/NOM/(FTF) NOM Numbers |
MH-C5-816 |
Chapter/Section |
Section 3.7 |
Proposed Material Amendment | |
Amend the following objective contained in Section 3.7 ‘The Settlement Hierarchy and Future Population Growth in Meath’:
SH OBJ 11 |
Amendment No.: | Proposed Amendment Chapter 3.5 |
Submission/NOM/(FTF) NOM Numbers |
MH-C5-816 |
Chapter/Section |
Section 3.7 |
Proposed Material Amendment | |
Delete the following objective contained in Section 3.7 ‘The Settlement Hierarchy and Future Population Growth in Meath’: Delete:
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Amendment No.: | Proposed Amendment Chapter 3.6 |
Submission/NOM/(FTF) NOM Numbers |
(FTF) NOM 82 |
Chapter/Section |
Section 3.7 |
Proposed Material Amendment | |
Insert an objective for serviced sites for Tier 5 and Tier 6 in Section 3.7 ‘The Settlement Hierarchy and Future Population Growth in Meath’. OBJ XX Where appropriate, serviced sites may be accommodated within existing zoned residential land or on lands immediately adjoining the development boundary of Tier 5 and Tier 6 towns/villages, subject to normal planning considerations. |
Amendment No.: | Proposed Amendment Chapter 3.7 |
Submission/NOM/(FTF) NOM Numbers |
MH-C5-409 |
Chapter/Section |
Section 3.7 SH OBJ 5 |
Proposed Material Amendment | |
Amend SH OBJ 5 in Section 3.7 ‘The Settlement Hierarchy and Future Population Growth in Meath’ to include Enfield.
SH OBJ 5 |
Amendment No.: | Proposed Amendment Chapter 3.8 |
Submission/NOM/(FTF) NOM Numbers |
MH-C5-816 |
Chapter/Section |
Section 3.8.10 Densities |
Proposed Material Amendment | |
Remove from Section 3.8.10 ‘Densities’ objective SH OBJ 22, SH OBJ 23, SH OBJ 24, SH OBJ 25, SH OBJ 26, SH OBJ 27 as follows;
and insert new objective as follows: SH OBJ XX To require that, where relevant, all new residential developments shall be in accordance with SSPR 1 to SPPR 4 of the Urban Development and Building Heights Guidelines for Planning Authorities, December 2018 as well as SPPR 1 to SPPR 9 of the Sustainable Urban Housing: Design Standards for New Apartments Guidelines for Planning Authorities, March 2018. All new residential development should comply with the densities outlined in Chapter 11 of this plan. |