Appendix1 Development and Design Standards

This document intends to set out Wicklow County Council’s requirements with respect to development and design standards and should be read in conjunction with the policies and objectives set out in with Volume 1 of this County Development Plan, with particular regard to policies and objectives relating to quality design and place-making.  

These standards and guidance are not exhaustive with respect to every type of development that might be proposed but intend to set out the principal factors that should be considered in the design of any new development.  

More comprehensive and complete guidance for a number of development types have been produced by other bodies, in particular the Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage (and its predecessors), and particular regard shall be taken of guidelines issued by the Minister under Section 28 of the Planning Act.  

In addition, the guidance issued by other Government Departments and agencies such as the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications; the Department of Rural and Community Development; the Department of Transport; the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media; the Department of Education and Skills, as well as the National Transport Authority (NTA) and Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) shall be considered 

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