Annual Report 2011.pdf (size 6 MB) - Offaly County Council

PLANNING, ECONOMIC & LOCAL DEVELOPMENT
SPC Chair: Cllr. Eamon Dooley
Members:
Cllr. Dervill Dolan,
Cllr. Peter Ormond,
Cllr. Liam Quinn,
Cllr. Sinead Dooley,
Cllr. Johnny Butterfield,
Cllr. Michael Loughnane
Sectoral:
Mr. Ray Kennedy
Mr. Dominic Doheny
Mr. Tom Finnerty
Mr. Dominic Carroll
Director Of Services: Declan Kirrane
Senior Executive Planner: Andrew Murray
Administrative Officer: Phylis Hughes, Planning
Architect: Rachel McKenna
Heritage Officer: Amanda Pedlow
Administrative Officer: Jackie Finney, Economic Development
Administrative Officer: David Minton, Community & Enterprise
Sports Partnership Co-ordinator: Eamon Henry
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
The Planning Department is responsible for land use
policy, control of development including the protection
of the natural built heritage and amenity of the
County.
Land use policy is implemented by means of the
County Development Plan (incl. Town Development
Plans), Local Area Plans, Village and Sraid Plans.
Planning Control involves the processing of planning
applications and the taking of appropriate
enforcement action where necessary.
County Development Plan 2009 – 2015
The Offaly County Development Plan 2009-2015 was
formally made on the 19 th January 2009 and came into
effect 4 weeks later on the 16 th February 2009. The County
Manager is required to prepare a report two years after the
making of the Development Plan on the progress achieved in
securing the objectives of the Plan.
This report was prepared at the end of 2010 and was
presented to the members in January 2011 and concluded
that a variation to the County Development Plan is required
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