Volume One
1.Introduction
2.Population
3.Employment Retailing and Education
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Workforce
3.3 Employment Industry and Enterprise
3.3.1 Policy
3.4 Retailing
3.4.1 Retail Planning Guidelines
3.4.2 Retail Hierarchy
3.4.3 Major Town Centre
3.4.4 Sub County Towns
3.4.5 District Centre
3.4.6 Village Centre/Neighbourhood
3.4.7 Western Environs Kilkenny City
3.4.8 Core Shopping Area
3.4.9 Assesement of additional retail space
3.4.10 Scale and distribution of floorspace
3.4.11 Sequential Approach
3.4.12 Strategic Location of floorspace
3.4.13 Waterford Environs District Centre
3.4.14 Kilkenny City Environs
3.4.15 Neighbourhood Centres
3.4.16 Bulky Goods/Retails Parks
3.4.17 Guidance of location on Bulky Goods/Retail Parks
3.4.18 Policy and Action initiatives
3.4.19 Monitoring and review
3.4.20 Initiatives
3.4.21 Traffic Management
3.4.22 Envrinomental Improvements
3.4.23 Heritage Interpretation
3.4.24 Thresholds for Assesment of retail developments
3.4.25 Criteria for Assement of retail developments
3.4.26 Sequential Approach to development
3.4.27 Compliance with the Development Plan
3.5 Education and Training
3.5.1 Childcare facilities
3.5.1.1 Policy
3.5.2 Primary Schools
3.5.3 Post Primary Level
3.5.4 Third Level
3.5.4.1 Policy

4.Sanitary Services and Environment
5.Recreation Tourism and the Arts
6.Transport, Energy and Telecommunications
7.Housing and Community facilities
8.Rural Development
9.Conservation and Preservation
10.Development Standards

Appendix A-Housing Strategy
Appendix B- National Monuments
Appendix C- Record of Protected Structures
Appendix D- Proposed NHA's, SAC's, Areas of scientific interest
Appendix E- Areas of High Amenity
Appendix F- Views and Prospects