3.0 Listowel Town

Chapter/Section

3. Listowel,

Objective List Heading

Listowel Town Strategic Objectives

Amendment Ref.

Listowel 1

Amend Objective

LIS 5: Strengthen and support Listowel’s enterprise and employment opportunities, including the development of the Listowel Food Hub, and Digital Hub and upgrading of the existing enterprise units.

Chapter/Section

3. Listowel,

Objective List Heading

Listowel Town Strategic Objectives

Amendment Ref.

Listowel 2

New Objective

Encourage the development of appropriate visitor accommodation in Listowel, to facilitate additional visitors to avail of the expanding tourism product in Listowel and North Kerry.

Chapter/Section

3. Listowel,

Objective List Heading

Opportunity Sites

Amendment Ref.

Listowel 3

Amend Objective

LIS 36 Require  the   preparation  of  masterplans/design   briefs  and preliminary environmental assessments where   appropriate   prior   to   the redevelopment of the Castleinch lands for the development of a landmark riverfront site in a sustainable  manner,  providing  new  mixed  use/  tourist  facilities,  subject  to  a  flood  risk assessment  in  accordance  with  ‘The  Planning  systems  and  Flood  Risk  Management -Guidelines for Planning Authorities’ and compatibility with nature conservation objectives for the Lower River Shannon SAC.

Chapter/Section

3. Listowel, Section 3.5.3

Amendment Ref.

Listowel 4

Amend Text

The council will require the preparation of a masterplan/design brief where appropriate prior to the redevelopment of the Castleinch lands for the development of a landmark riverfront site in a sustainable manner, providing new mixed use/ tourist facilities subject to a flood risk assessment in accordance with ‘The Planning systems and Flood Risk Management - Guidelines for Planning Authorities’, compatibility with the conservation objectives of the Lower River Shannon SAC, and a traffic impact assessment and any other environmental assessment deemed necessary under the SEA and/or EIA Directives.

Chapter/Section

3. Listowel,

Objective List Heading

Roads & Infrastructure Objectives

Amendment Ref.

Listowel 5

New Objective

Support the preparation of an Economic Strategy to assess the impacts of the construction of the Listowel Bypass.

Chapter/Section

3. Listowel,

Objective List Heading

Land Use Zoning Objective

Amendment Ref.

Listowel 6

New Objective

Lis 98 - Ensure that a Stage 3 Detailed Flood Risk assessment shall be carried out as part of the preparation of a masterplan for these lands.

Chapter/Section

3. Listowel,

Objective List Heading

Land Use Zoning Objective

Amendment Ref.

Listowel 7

New Objective

LIS 99 - Ensure that only water compatible development is permitted.

Chapter/Section

3. Listowel,

Objective List Heading

Land Use Zoning Objective

Amendment Ref.

Listowel 8

New Objective

LIS 100 - Site specific flood risk assessment shall be submitted with any application.

Chapter/Section

3. Listowel,

Objective List Heading

Land Use Zoning Objective

Amendment Ref.

Listowel 9

New Objective

LIS 101 – Ensure that proposals avoid the identified flood risk areas or if not possible ensure that the flood risk is not increased for adjacent properties and consider flood resilient or flood resistant construction design methodologies.

Chapter/Section

3. Listowel

Land Use Zoning, Flood maps

Amendment Ref.

Listowel 10

Amend Map

Amend the flood maps to indicate Flood Zones A and B in Volume 2 as per the appendix.

Include objective numbers referred to in amendments Listowel 6, 7, 8 and 9 on the zoning maps.

Map A

Map B

Map C