Carlow County Council · September Meeting of Carlow County Council · 8 September 2025
A vote on the Chief Executive's recommendation, as part of Proposed Variation 2 of the county development plan (the draft Muine Bheag and Royal Oak town plan), to make no change in response to a submission asking that a site outside the development boundary be zoned new residential.
Summary written by AI from the minutes. The motion as recorded follows.
CE Recommendation: No change. The proposed rezoning of this peripherally located site outside the development boundary for residential use would be contrary to national, regional, and county level policy, which is focused on ensuring more sustainable compact growth through the provision of housing within strategic and existing built-up areas and the development of land in a sequential manner, rather than more sprawl of urban development. National Policy Objectives 9 in the NPF First Revision refers, along with Regional Policy Objective 14 in the RSES for the Southern Region, and Objective CS. 09 in the Carlow County Development Plan 2022-2028. Rezoning of the site for residential purposes would be contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area. The recommendation of the Chief Executive regarding the zoning submission received (CLW-C162-13 Page 41 CE Report) from Kieran McQuillan requesting the zoning of land to ‘New Residential’, to the Proposed Variation No. 2 (Draft Muine Bheag / Royal Oak District Town Plan 2025) of the Carlow County Development Plan 2022-2028, as highlighted in the Chief Executive’s Report and in the table above was:
Proposed by Cllr. M. Doran; seconded by Cllr. D. Pender.
The minutes record: Result 15 For, 3 Abstained Decision/Resolution: Motion Passed
| Party | Tá | Níl | Staon | Didn't vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fianna Fáil | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sinn Féin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Independent Ireland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Labour Party | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| People Before Profit-Solidarity | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
None
Tá, Níl and Staon are the minutes’ for, against and abstained. “Didn’t vote” covers councillors on the council that day whom the minutes don’t list under any option, for any reason. Parties are as of the meeting day.