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Vision for North Tipperary
- Vision Statement
- Achieving the Vision
- Why Do We Need Sustainable Development?
- Changing Our Perspective
- Sustainability at a Local Level
- Achieving Sustainability
- Guiding Decision-Making
2.6 Achieving Sustainability
Land-use policies and controls are central to the achievement of sustainability. As stated earlier, the County Economic, Social and Cultural Strategy 2002 will be the Council's Local Agenda 21 Plan. However, the Development Plan, as the Council's principal policy statement on land-use, will provide the land-use basis for 'Local Agenda 21'.
The following strategic objectives have been identified, and the policies, guidelines and proposals in the Plan have been designed to facilitate their achievement:
- Minimise the consumption of natural, non-renewable resources, including land;
- Preserve the quality of the landscape, open space, architectural and cultural heritage, material assets and natural resources;
- Protect the integrity of the built environment from damage caused by insensitive development proposals; and
- Promote the involvement of the local community in decision-making on environmental sustainability issues.
While the achievement of these objectives will involve all areas of the Council's activities, in land-use terms they are reflected in the Development Plan by the adoption of policies and proposals which:
- promote the active involvement of the community through the provision of information, public consultation and joint partnerships;
- permit a mix of land uses under each zoning objective (compatible with protecting amenities), to help to reduce the need to travel;
- promote a more compact urban form, particularly higher residential densities close to the town centres;
- promote the re-use of urban derelict land and buildings;
- promote the use of walking and cycling and reduce the reliance on the private car;
- strictly control the further expansion of suburbs into rural and high amenity areas;
- strictly control the development of inappropriate one-off houses in the countryside;
- ensure the protection of flora, fauna, quality landscapes and the promotion of bio-diversity;
- promote community health;
- provide high quality public water supply and drainage systems; and
- promote waste prevention, reduction, recycling and re-use.
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