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PEOPLE in Ennis get the chance to have their say on the future develop- ment of the town when the review of the Ennis and Environs Development Plan 2003 goes on public display in the coming weeks.
Councillors were presented with the document at the July meeting of Ennis Town Council and agreed to submit the pre-draft development plan 2008-2014 forward for public consultation.
Apart from obtaining the review document itself, which planning of- ficials revealed is costing €100 per copy to produce, the public is also being invited to engage with the process in a variety of ways.
The plan will be available for download from the websites of both
Clare County Council and Ennis Town Council.
Submissions and questions relating to the plan can also be sent by email. Senior planner John Bradley told last week’s meeting that all incoming emails will be logged and a response will be sent to anyone submitting a query just as soon as the system is o) oer 1a Ceyered
“These events will be fully adver- tised in local media beforehand. We want to market this and publicise this document as much as possible’, said Mr. Bradley.
A number of public information events will also take place at loca- tions around Ennis, confirmed Mr. Bradley.
The review of the Development Plan for Ennis and Environs com- menced with a 9-week period of
public consultation on December 8 2006. The Development Plan covers a 6-year period and the current plan is due to expire later in the year in December 2008.
Mr Buckley said that considerable work remains to be done in order to have the final plan ready in time for the December deadline.
He said, “There is still a lot to do with this document. We are trying to get 22 weeks work done in two weeks. We will be burning the mid- night oil in the coming weeks, I can assure you.”
He continued, “We hope to have it ready for you (councillors) for the October meeting and all the issues can be resolved in time for the plan to be adopted by December 9”.
The plan will guide the future growth of Ennis and its surrounding
environs in a way that will set out the future land use requirements of the town’s community for economic de- velopment, recreational, social, com- munity, residential, transport and in- frastructural needs.
The review of the 2003 plan has also addresses other zoning issues in relation to flood risk management, energy efficiency and traffic manage- ment.
Independent councilor Frankie Neylon told the meeting that it was the important the public was made aware that their views would be tak- en on board.
He said, “I would suggest that we would use the County Museum for these public event and I think it is important that it 1s made clear that submissions can be re-entered into the plan”