Abbey Quarter Masterplan, 2015

Kilkenny County Council approved a masterplan for the Abbey Creative Quarter at a Special Meeting of Kilkenny County Council on Friday the 31st July 2015, see below.

ACQ Masterplan (Full document; please note the large file size of 56 MB .pdf)

Masterplan broken into chapters:

Cover and Contents 3 Mb

Section 1 Introduction 2Mb

Section 2 Context 9Mb

Section 3 Analysis 11 Mb

Section 4 Masterplan Strategies 14 Mb

Section 5 Masterplan Proposals 11 Mb

Appendices:

Appendix A Kilkenny City & Environs Development Plan 2014-2020 Environmental and Sustainable Development Provisions

Appendix B Appropriate Assessment, Natura Impact Report, Strategic Environmental Assesment (SEA) Environmental Report , SEA Statement

Appendix C Archaeological Strategy

Appendix D Flood Risk Assessment

Appendix E Spatial Content & Process Principles

Appendix F Observations on Urban Code

Multimedia Brochure

Archived Material

Abbey Creative Quarter

(Former Smithwick's Brewery site and Bateman Quay / Market Yard area)

Notice is hereby given that Kilkenny County Council has approved a masterplan for the Abbey Creative Quarter at a Special Meeting of Kilkenny County Council on Friday the 31st July 2015.
A copy of the Masterplan, including a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Statement, SEA Environmental Report and Appropriate Assessment (AA) Natura Impact Statement, may be inspected at the following locations:

• Archived Online at http://ourplan.kilkenny.ie
• The Planning Department, Kilkenny County Council, County Hall, John Street, Kilkenny during office opening hours of 9.00am to 1.00pm and 2.00pm to 4.00pm Monday to Friday.

The SEA Statement details:

a) How environmental considerations have been integrated into the Masterplan;

b) How the following have been taken into account during the preparation of the Masterplan:

• the environmental report,
• submissions and observations made to the planning authority on the Draft Masterplan and Environmental Report, and
• any transboundary consultations [this is not relevant to this SEA]

c) The reasons for choosing the Masterplan in the light of the other reasonable alternatives dealt with; and

d) The measures decided upon to monitor the significant environmental effects of implementation of the Masterplan.

Maria Melia
Director of Services,
Planning Department
2nd October 2015