Meeting on “Draft” Town Development Plan


 

Tralee Town Council hosted an open information day and public meeting in the Brandon Conference Centre on July 21 last on the Tralee Town Development Plan 2009-2015 which is now at the “Draft” stage. An extensive audio-visual display was mounted and Council Officials were on hand during the day to answer queries and take submissions from members of the public. The event marked a further stage in the preparation of the final document which will be the blueprint for the development of the town over the next seven years.

The Mayor of Tralee, Cllr Ted Fitzgerald welcomed members of the public to the evening meeting. He said that this was the “people’s plan”, he thanked them for their submissions to date and asked them to read the draft document carefully and to make whatever additional observations and submissions they wished in writing to the Planning Department before September 11th.

Town Planner, Ms. Victoria McCarthy outlined the guiding principles of the new Town Plan, the hierarchy of national and regional plans that had to be taken into consideration in the preparation of the plan. She then went through each chapter in the plan summarising the most pertinent policy items. She welcomed the public participation that followed the publication of the Issues Document last year and said that it captured the public imagination.

This was followed by a series of round table discussions on each chapter heading which were chaired by members of the public. Points made during the table discussions meeting were reported back to the full meeting and recorded for consideration by planners.

Michael Scannell, Town Clerk, in his concluding remarks thanked all those groups and individuals who had made submissions to date and asked others who still wished to do so to forward them in writing to the Planning Department, Tralee Town Hall or by email to townplan@traleetc .ie marked “Review of Tralee Development Plan”, on or before Thursday 11th September 2008.

Presentation by Victoria McCarthy on Draft Tralee Town Plan