About the Mini Plans

The Draft CDP 2011-2017 contains mini-plans for thirty settlements throughout the County. The preparation of mini-plans serves the following principal purposes:

• to identify and reserve adequate land for residential uses and village-centre-type uses (including residential) to cater for anticipated population growth, and to identify and reserve adequate land for other uses such as community facilities, open space/recreation, enterprise and commercial/retail uses;
• to ensure that the growth rate of settlements is consistent with the Core Strategy and Settlement Structure, and is also consistent with the capacity of existing and/or planned infrastructure;
• to set a development limit for each settlement, outside which a buffer zone shall protect the existing rural area and reserve land for future expansion;
• to facilitate the application of Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended), whereby 20% of sites zoned for new residential development (or a mix of uses including residential) shall be reserved for the development of new social and affordable residential units;
• to provide guidance on the design and layout of future development in various areas of each settlement;
• to identify existing built and/or natural features to be protected;
• to facilitate improved circulation within and around settlements.

In order to ensure a consistent planning approach to future development in all thirty settlements, the policies set out in Chapter 13 of the draft CDP shall apply to all villages covered by a mini-plan.
Details of the individual mini-plans are set out in chapters 14 to 43.

In addition to maps showing zoning and other objectives, each mini-plan contains a number of settlement-specific written objectives. As these settlements are generally small rural villages, similar issues and circumstances prevail.
Each individual mini-plan must be read in conjunction with Chapter 13. Furthermore, it should be noted that the policies and objectives outlined in the main CDP document (Volume 1, chapters 1 to 12) apply to all areas covered by the mini-plans.

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