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Tubber
Tubber
Location and Context
The village of Tubber is located in the north of the County on the Clare/Galway border. The strategy for Tubber is to encourage small-scale incremental residential growth that will be reflective of the rural nature of the settlement. Also, proposals for any suitably scaled and appropriate commercial or employment-generating development will be encouraged. The core of the village has a church, and national school. There is an existing industrial development located to the south of the village.
The village is serviced by a public water scheme but has no public sewerage scheme. Extreme groundwater vulnerability must be addressed and protected in any future development proposals. 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.
Tubber is also located in close proximity to a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) identified as the East Burren Complex which is situated to the west and northwest of the village. Future development must ensure there are no adverse effects on the SAC and SPA 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. Tubber is also situated adjacent to a proposed Natural Heritage Area.
General Objective
• To make provision for the sustainable growth of the village which will support existing services and encourage further expansion of the service base, whilst retaining its distinctive character.
Enterprise and Employment
• In order to promote economic development it is an objective to facilitate small-scale expansion of existing industrial operations and to facilitate new Agri-related enterprise in
Tubber.
Strategy for Growth and Sustainable Communities
The strategy for the sustainable growth of the village and its community is through consolidation and regeneration that promotes compact sequential growth and supports and
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strengthens a sustainable village community and its rural hinterland. This will be achieved by encouraging small scale growth in areas which make a positive contribution to the overall enhancement of the village and sustains it into the future. In line with this approach and to promote vibrant rural villages, village growth areas have been identified which provide opportunities and choice for development, including small scale commercial, enterprise, community, services/facilities as well as small scale cluster housing, all of which offer a viable and attractive option for rural living within a village community and setting.
The delivery of any new development in Tubber will be encouraged by adopting a combined approach of providing both sequential and compact growth and the re-use and redevelopment of any vacant or derelict buildings within the village. The village growth areas identified allow for the sustainable and incremental growth of the village and provide opportunities for small scale cluster type housing, as well as the potential for other uses which are appropriate to the function, size, and scale of the village.
It is envisaged that residential growth would occur incrementally and over a longer period of time in a manner appropriate to the character and environmental sensitivities of the settlement.