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A SIX-YEAR plan for Shannon has been unveiled by Clare County Council today, and includes measures aimed at increasing the town’s tourism potential.
The Shannon town and environs local area plan is the first stand-alone town plan for the area, and was launched at Shannon International Airport. It aims to guide the future growth and development of the area over six years.
Among the objectives are a “strong and vibrant town centre”, maximising the potential from Shannon’s location on the Estuary, increasing its tourism potential, and establishing Shannon as a low carbon town.
It also looks at trying to increase the current population of 9,673 to 11,972, by providing sufficient zoned land.
Blueprint
Town Mayor Michael Fleming described the Plan as a “unique blueprint” for the future economic and social development of the town and surrounding community. Clare Mayor Pat Daly acknowledged members of the local community who had contributed to the formulation of the plan during public consultation.
Gordon Daly, senior planner at Clare County Council, said that for the first time since the town was established during the 1960s, clear objectives to establish Shannon as a tourism destination in its own right have been set out. The plan includes the development of an aviation museum at Shannon Airport, as well as an improved aircraft viewing point.
The aim is to build on existing facilities such as Atlantic Air Venture and Ballycasey Craft and Design Centre. The plan also identifies a site at Illaunagowan point on the Shannon estuary close to the centre of the town for a potential tourist/interpretative development associated with the Shannon Estuary.
The plan also aspires to Shannon becoming a low carbon town and has zoned a site for enterprise in Stonehall to have a particular focus on renewable energy. It will also focus on “Green Infrastructure”, which comprises the network of open spaces, recreation areas, wildlife corridors and water bodies that intersperse the town and surrounding areas.
The plan includes a cycling strategy and proposals for enhancing walks, including along the Shannon Estuary.
A 2,000-acre landbank adjacent to the airport has been marked for zoning for aviation sector use, as part of the council’s vision for the development and expansion of Shannon Airport.
Last week, the Government announced it has decided to grant Shannon Airport full independence from Dublin Airport Authority on December 31 2012 and merge it with a restructured Shannon Development to form a new, publicly-owned, commercial entity in 2013.
The Shannon Town & Environs Local Area Plan is available to download from the Council’s website.
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Quick , get it out of the ground before some hippy makes a propaganda film about it , then gets all the other scroungers to quote it verbatim as ‘evidence’ of why you shouldn’t do this.
Thank god its not Cavan,it would run away!
They say it was worse than expected but still they are going to mine!!come off it,they found something worth while and want to hide it..
I bet after 10 years it will be “we didn expect as much”
We’re rich, we’re rich, we’re stinking focking rich!!
We’re not rich, we won’t see a nugget I’m afraid. Not a red cent either.
got me pan, me gun ,boots im staking a claim,and ill tell ya .leave me be i tell ya. leave me be
There’s gold in dem hills
Sold off another natural resource to the hands of the wealthy like the oil,gas and fisheries beforehand. No benefit to the states citizens or reducing national ponzu scheme debt.
Actually Conory Gold is an Irish company who employ Irish people.
how do i get there…………..my horse dont know way,,,so he tells me,i think hes after the claim himself he dont fool me
Where’s me shovel and pan!!!
Oil…gold…gas…we’re rich…..rich I tellz ya…
Will be off no benefit to the country – no doubt the minister in charge will have received a brown envelope to create tax loopholes!!
Deres gold in dem dar hillz!
Aw I was going to say that XD
KEY FEATURES of Fiscal Framework for mining
Sole right of working minerals vested in the • State
Royalties fixed by individual agreement. • Currently a percentage of net revenues for base metals, and on tonnage extracted in the case of industrial minerals
Private mineral owners receive • compensation
Corporation Tax at 25% for mines, and • 12.5% on income and chargeable gains from general trading
Capital allowances include exploration and • development expenditure, expenditure on plant, machinery, buildings, up to 100%
Immediate write-off of exploration and • development expenditure
Cost of rehabilitation after closure is tax • deductible
Royalts and dead rent range from 1% – 3.5%
Give it to Shell
The basic facts were not covered by the article were:
(a)How deep is the gold? ( ie: will it be an open pit or underground operation?)
(b) What grams/ton grade is initial drillings
(c) Is it narrow vein or broadcast?
(d) If open pit, what amount of overburden (waste) has to be first removed.
This non-specific type of article gives goldmining a bad name because it
does not critically look at the economic viability of gold mining and makes
the assumption, without adequate facts that a mine is possible.
Mine design and plant details will be obvious once the gold resource is
qualified by JORC drilling. As yet there has been no published results
except hear-say.
Cheers
Moorookamick
Your last paragraph make the first pointless..
What’s the name of the company who hit the contract for the gold that’s actually found, probably ends in Stein or Berger, or maybe even feller or child, heimer. Need I go on?
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