Submissions

Public participation is essential to help deliver an effective Local Area Plan. Your submissions on the Issues Paper will assist Limerick City and County Council in identifying the local issues that will inform the preparation of the proposed draft Abbeyfeale LAP 2023-2029, the first stage in the plan making process.

This Issues Paper and the current Abbeyfeale Local Area Plan can be viewed on the Council’s website www.limerick.ie   You can make written observation or submission between 22^nd October - 5th December 2022 titled “Abbeyfeale Local Area Plan” through:

 · Mypoint: https://mypoint.limerick.ie

· Email: forwardplanning@limerick.ie

· Writing to: Forward Planning, Economic Development and Enterprise Directorate, Limerick City and County Council, Merchants Quay, Limerick

A public consultation drop evening will take place on Thursday 24^th November 2022 in the Abbeyfeale Workbase, Main Street, Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick between 3pm and 7 pm, where the public can drop in and input into the Local Area Plan process. 

Submissions and observations should state the name, address and where relevant, the body represented.

All submissions received during this period will be considered by the Council, in the drafting of the proposed Abbeyfeale Local Area Plan. Submissions will form part of reports associated with the making of the LAP, which will be available online.

 Please note that by giving your contact details you are agreeing to the Council GDPR policy. 

For queries please contact Forward Planning at (061) 556508 or via forwardplanning@limerick.ie

What happens next?

Following completion of the pre-draft stage of public consultation, Limerick City and County Council will commence the preparation of the Draft LAP informed by the submissions received as part of the pre-draft consultation/ stakeholder engagement. When the Draft LAP has been prepared, the statutory process will begin and the Draft Plan will go on public display for a period of 6 weeks, during which time you may make submissions and attend a public consultation event to view and discuss the Draft Plan.

Who Makes the Local Area Plan?

 The responsibility for making the LAP rests with the Elected Members of the Newcastle West Municipal District of Limerick City and County Council, in accordance with planning legislation.