Carrick On Suir

Location
The town of Carrick-on-Suir is situated within the county of South Tipperary however the immediate environs of its southern edge are in the Waterford County Council administrative area. It is approximately 23kms northwest of Waterford City and 9.5kms northwest of Portlaw. (Download Carrick-On-Suir (673 kbs) Map Here) and also download the pages relating to Zoning Objectives (183 kbs). The Zoning Objectives and Landuse Zoning Matrix need to be used when looking at the individual settlement zonings.

Services
The town of Carrick-on-Suir will provide the majority of day-to-day services. However there is a primary school and golf club in Carrickbeg.

Infrastructure
The elevated nature of this land combined with a lack of sewerage infrastructure make this area unsuitable for significant development. Any lands along the designated corridor for the Carrick-on-Suir Relief Route shall be reserved free from development.

Development Strategy
The development strategy for Carrick-on-Suir is as indicated on the Land Use Zoning Map.   Taking the lack of services and topography of the area into account and in the interests of achieving a complementary approach to the land use planning framework set out in the Carrick-on-Suir Development Plan 2002 where the lands immediately abutting County Waterford are zoned 'To Protect and Preserve Special Amenity Areas', Waterford County Council will zone the environs of Carrick-on-Suir for the following: 'To Protect and Improve Rural Amenity and to Provide for the Development of Agriculture'.

Areas of the Special Zone, which are within the Lower River Suir SAC shall not be subject to any development which would have a significant negative impact on this designation.