Fanore
Fanore Location and Context Fanore is located on the western coastline of North Clare, straddling the R477 coastal route and Wild Atlantic Way, between Doolin and Ballyvaughan. It is identified as a Small Village in the Settlement Hierarchy of this Plan. Development has spread over an extensive area and is served by a pub, shops, church and school. There is also a range of tourist accommodation including a mobile home park situated among the sand dunes on the seaside of the coast road. Fanore serves as a trail head for looped walks of Black Head and Caher Valley which overlook the sand dune beach at Fanore and provide breath-taking views towards Galway Bay to the north. Fanore has seen limited development scattered along the R477 in recent years. Development has primarily served the second homes and holiday homes market, however the development of a café and two shops opposite O'Donohues pub has contributed to establishing an identifiable village centre, around which development can be focused to serve a permanent population. The strategy for Fanore is to encourage small-scale incremental residential growth that will be reflective of the rural nature of the settlement. Fanore receives its water from a public water supply. There is no public wastewater treatment system in the village and any future development including alterations to existing commercial or employment generating development, will require private wastewater treatment subject to suitable site-specific conditions and must ensure they comply with the EPA Code of Practice for ‘On Site Wastewater Treatment Systems. The settlement boundary of Fanore adjoins Black Head-Poulsallagh Special Area of Conservation (SAC) to the east, west and south of the village. Future development must ensure that there are no adverse effects on the conservation objectives of the SAC or on-site integrity, or the integrity of any other European site as a result of the proposed development. Accordingly, objectives set out in Volume 1 of this Plan, relating to European sites and to appropriate assessment will apply to any future development proposals in this area. The Natura Impact Report accompanying this plan (Volume 10a) provides relevant mitigation measures and recommendations at site and project level. General Objectives • To consolidate the existing village, support the tourism industry in the area and encourage the development of a range of amenities and services for both permanent residents and visitors to the area, subject to the requirements of the Habitats Directive; • To ensure that future growth is balanced and sustainable and is relative and appropriate to the scale, size and character of the existing village; • To provide for residential development to cater for a permanent population in the area; __________________________________________________________________________________ Draft Clare County Development Plan 2023-2029
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