Belcarra Draft Village Design Statement - Mayo County Council

COMMUNITY
CONSULTATION
Community Consultation Process
A variety of community consultation
techniques were used to ensure that a
wide range of local residents participated
in the preparation of this Village Design
Statement.
Photo 1: Community Workshop
The Community Consultation consisted of a
Workshop and a Public Meeting.
the Village Design Statement objectives
and process. The second part of the
Workshop consisted of round table
discussions with facilitators present. A
number of exercises were undertaken
which focused on exploring and identifying
the character of the settlement, surrounding
landscape, open spaces, streetscape,
landmarks, buildings, and other notable
features of the village and community.
This was followed by a SWOT (Strengths,
Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats)
analysis of the village, and a questionnaire
survey completed the workshop.
The majority of the participants commented
that they not only enjoyed the workshop
but they also understood the purpose of
the event and felt that it had been useful
Key Concerns and Issues Raised by the
Local Community are detialed in the
appendix. The VDS draws on these
comments in its preparation.
Photo 2: Round Table discussions at community
workshop.
Sketch 1: Community members were encouraged to sketch a map of the village and highlight its
most important attributes.
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