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Kilcoole Local Area Plan 2008 Manager’s <strong>Report</strong> west of Kilcoole. The land is proposed for AG zoning in the draft plan and are partly outside of the wider plan area. Access to the lands is from the Kilquade Road. It is requested that this land be zoned for the residential development. Manager’s Response 1. The population projections set out in the draft plan (which accord with the County Development Plan 2004) and the calculation of required land zoning are set out in Section 7 of Part A of the draft plan. The quantity of zoned land required takes into account the 2006 census population, permissions granted and constructed since 2006 and existing permissions, which have yet to begin construction. These sections clearly set out the process under which it was determined what land requirements were needed in order to accommodate the projected population in 2016. The calculations also provide for an “excess factor” and substantial “headroom”, given the strategic location of the settlement of Kilcoole, its designation as a Small Growth Town I in the Regional Planning Guidelines and the demand for housing. The draft plan has proposed new residential zoning on the basis of the need identified by these calculations. No further residential zoning is required to meet the current populations targets and the excessive zoning of land may lead to population targets being exceeded, to the overall detriment of the settlement. 2. The new residential zonings proposed had regard the following spatial criteria (as set out in Part A of the draft plan):- • Unzoned lands closest to the existing town centre shall be considered first for new zoning (the ‘town centre’ being taken as the Sea Road – Main Street junction). • Lands that meet a social or community need • Lands zoned AGR in the 2002 LAP shall then be considered The lands that are the subject of this submission are located outside of the existing development boundary and are c. 3km from the town centre by existing road. They are disjointed from the existing and proposed development ‘envelope’ of the settlement and do not present themselves as a logical expansion area. 3. The Manager recommends against the spread of Kilcoole in this direction as it may lead to the piecemeal coalescence of Kilcoole and Kilquade <strong>Managers</strong> Recommendation No change to LAP. Submission no. 31 Ms. Martin, Angela This submission is concerned with the need for a new community centre in Kilcoole. Manager’s Response Part A of the draft plan sets out an assessment of community facilities in the town. Given the existence of two existing community halls, no need for a further centre was identified. However, the point raised is duly noted and in order to ensure community needs were met, the draft plan did make provision for new community space in the proposed new ‘town centre’ in AA3 (Part B, p.14 “Any development proposals for this Action Area shall include proposals for community uses, in particular a new library facility”) <strong>Managers</strong> Recommendation No change to LAP. 42
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