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Border Regional Authority Planning Guidelines 2010 – 2022 – TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS CATHAOIRLEACH’S INTRODUCTION / FOREWORD .......................................................................................................... I ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................................................................... II GLOSSARY OF TERMS ............................................................................................................................................... IX PREAMBLE ............................................................................................................................................................... XII EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................. XIV CHAPTER 1 CONTEXTUAL BACKGROUND .............................................................................................................. 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 PURPOSE OF THE NEW REGIONAL PLANNING GUIDELINES .................................................................................. 2 1.4 PLANNING CONTEXT ......................................................................................................................................... 3 1.5 INTER-REGIONAL ISSUES AND NORTHERN IRELAND ............................................................................................ 6 1.6 THE BORDER REGION TODAY ......................................................................................................................... 11 1.7 ECONOMY AND EMPLOYMENT ......................................................................................................................... 17 1.8 AGRICULTURE & RURAL DEVELOPMENT .......................................................................................................... 19 1.9 TRANSPORT ................................................................................................................................................... 19 1.10 WATER AND WASTE WATER SERVICES ......................................................................................................... 22 1.11 ENERGY ....................................................................................................................................................... 24 1.12 TELECOMMUNICATIONS ................................................................................................................................. 24 1.13 TOURISM ...................................................................................................................................................... 24 1.14 KEY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ISSUES FOR REGIONAL PLANNING GUIDELINES ........................................ 25 1.16 KEY FUTURE INVESTMENT PRIORITIES FOR THE BORDER REGION. .................................................................. 27 1.17 CHALLENGES FOR THE REGION ..................................................................................................................... 29 CHAPTER 2 VISION AND STRATEGIC GOALS FOR THE REGION ........................................................................ 31 2.1 VISION ........................................................................................................................................................... 31 2.2 KEY STRATEGIC GOALS ................................................................................................................................. 31 CHAPTER 3 POPULATION AND SETTLEMENT STRATEGY .................................................................................. 33 3.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................... 33 3.2 FUNCTION OF SETTLEMENT STRATEGY ............................................................................................................ 33 3.3 LEGISLATIVE REQUIREMENTS .......................................................................................................................... 33 3.4 SETTLEMENT STRUCTURE ............................................................................................................................... 34 3.5 SUMMARY OF RECENT POPULATION TRENDS ................................................................................................... 35 3.6 STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS ............................................................................................................... 39 3.7 CORE STRATEGY ............................................................................................................................................ 41 3.8 LAND USE ZONING POLICY FRAMEWORK ......................................................................................................... 52 3.9 STRATEGY FOR RURAL AREAS ........................................................................................................................ 53 3.10 DEVELOPMENT PLAN IMPLICATIONS .................................................................................................................. 55 3.11 MONITORING AND INDICATORS ...................................................................................................................... 56 CHAPTER 4 REGIONAL ECONOMIC STRATEGY .................................................................................................... 59 4.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................... 59 4.2 FACTORS OF COMPETITIVENESS ...................................................................................................................... 60 4.3 ECONOMIC PROFILE ....................................................................................................................................... 61 4.4. REALISING FUTURE POTENTIAL: SECTORAL OPPORTUNITIES ........................................................................... 64 4.5. REALISING FUTURE POTENTIAL: ENHANCING THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT ..................................................... 72 4.6. POLICY FRAMEWORK ..................................................................................................................................... 78 4.7 DEVELOPMENT PLAN IMPLICATIONS ................................................................................................................ 79 CHAPTER 5 INFRASTRUCTURE STRATEGY .......................................................................................................... 83 5.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................... 83 5.2 SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORT STRATEGY ............................................................................................................ 84 5.3 WATER SERVICES .......................................................................................................................................... 91 5.4. ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................................................................................................ 97 5.5 RENEWABLE ENERGY IN THE BORDER REGION .............................................................................................. 103 5.6 TELECOMMUNICATIONS ................................................................................................................................. 105 vi
Border Regional Authority Planning Guidelines 2010 – 2022 – TABLE OF CONTENTS 5.7 WASTE MANAGEMENT .................................................................................................................................. 108 5.8 DEVELOPMENT PLAN IMPLICATIONS .............................................................................................................. 110 CHAPTER 6 ENVIRONMENT AND AMENITIES ...................................................................................................... 115 6.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 115 6.2 CLIMATE CHANGE ........................................................................................................................................ 116 6.3 NATURAL HERITAGE ..................................................................................................................................... 118 6.4 LANDSCAPE ................................................................................................................................................. 119 6.5 WATER ........................................................................................................................................................ 121 6.6 BUILT HERITAGE .......................................................................................................................................... 123 6.7 AMENITIES AND RECREATION ........................................................................................................................ 125 6.8 COASTAL MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................................... 126 6.9 DEVELOPMENT PLAN IMPLICATIONS .............................................................................................................. 127 CHAPTER 7 SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT .................................................. 133 7.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 133 7.2 SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE............................................................................................................................. 134 7.3 HEALTHCARE ............................................................................................................................................... 135 7.4 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT .......................................................................................................................... 136 7.5 PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ......................................................................................................... 137 7.6 HIGHER EDUCATION ..................................................................................................................................... 137 7.7 LEISURE FACILITIES ...................................................................................................................................... 138 7.8 CULTURAL FACILITIES .................................................................................................................................. 138 7.9 SOCIAL INCLUSION ....................................................................................................................................... 138 7.10 AN GAELTACHT .......................................................................................................................................... 139 7.11 DEVELOPMENT PLAN IMPLICATIONS ............................................................................................................ 140 CHAPTER 8 REGIONAL FLOOD RISK APPRAISAL .............................................................................................. 143 8.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 143 8.2 THE PLANNING SYSTEM AND FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT – DEHLG GUIDELINES TO PLANNING AUTHORITIES .. 143 8.3 TYPES OF FLOODING .................................................................................................................................... 144 8.4 EXISTING FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT ............................................................................................................. 145 8.5 EXISTING DATA AVAILABLE .......................................................................................................................... 146 8.6 BACKGROUND TO FLOODING IN THE BORDER REGION .................................................................................... 146 8.7 REGIONAL FLOOD RISK APPRAISAL .............................................................................................................. 147 8.8 DEVELOPMENT WITHIN FLOOD RISK AREAS ................................................................................................... 149 8.9. FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT ACROSS ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARIES ............................................................... 149 8.10 REGIONAL FLOOD RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY FRAMEWORK ....................................................................... 149 8.11 DEVELOPMENT PLAN IMPLICATIONS ............................................................................................................ 152 CHAPTER 9 IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING ............................................................................................. 155 9.1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 155 9.2 IMPLEMENTATION STRUCTURES .................................................................................................................... 155 9.3 INVESTMENT PRIORITIES ............................................................................................................................... 155 9.4 INTERREGIONAL ISSUES ................................................................................................................................ 156 9.5 OPERATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION ................................................................................................................... 156 9.6 MONITORING USING INDICATORS AND TARGETS ............................................................................................. 156 9.7 FUTURE REVIEW OF REGIONAL PLANNING GUIDELINES .................................................................................. 161 LIST OF APPENDICES APPENDIX 1 GATEWAY DEVELOPMENT INDEX DOMAINS AND INDICATORS ............................................................. 165 APPENDIX 2 SIGNIFICANT ROAD SCHEMES IN NORTHERN IRELAND LIKELY TO HAVE A REGIONAL IMPACT IN THE BORDER REGION IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND ....................................................................................................... 166 APPENDIX 3 SWOT ANALYSIS OF THE BORDER REGION ...................................................................................... 168 APPENDIX 4 – WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES IN BORDER REGION ....................................................................... 169 APPENDIX 5 MITIGATION FROM SEA ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT ............................................................................ 171 APPENDIX 6 MITIGATION FROM HABITATS DIRECTIVE ASSESSMENT REPORT ......................................................... 176 APPENDIX 7. WATER SERVICES INVESTMENT PROGRAMME 2010 – 2012 (PROJECTS WITHIN BORDER REGION) ......... 178 vii
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