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It is intended that lands zoned "Open Space" will be retained as undeveloped open space, mainly for passive open space related activities. The open space/park areas could contain active play facilities such as children's play areas but these would only be a small component of...
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Rural areas under strong urban pressure are areas of special control within the County as identified in the Clare County Development Plan 2017 - 2023. Such areas display the greatest pressure for development due to proximity to the immediate environs or close commuting...
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Section 47 – has the meaning assigned to it under Section 47 of the Planning and development Act 2000. A Planning Authority may enter in to an agreement with any person interested in land in their area, for the purpose of restricting or regulating the development or use of...
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Dataset showing the boundary of the Bray Head SAAO produced by Bray Town Council/ Wicklow County Council in 2007. A Special Amenity Area Order (SAAO) is designed to protect areas that are of particularly high amenity value, which are sensitive to intense development pressure...
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Historic and 'active' graveyards based on graveyards survey undertaken in 2006 by Architectural Recording and Research (AR&R) and modified by Environment Section. Data Owner: Heritage Officer / Environment Section.
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Development plans are created by Local Authorities to provided planned future land use. Usually updated every 5 years, these plans for an important guide for sustainable development in Local Government.
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Development plans are created by Local Authorities to provided planned future land use. Usually updated every 5 years, these plans for an important guide for sustainable development in Local Government.
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ScienceA trail is usually a path, track or unpaved lane or road. Trails in Co. Wexford include Coillte Recrecational Trail, National Loop Walk, Cycling and other trails.
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Development plans are created by Local Authorities to provided planned future land use. Usually updated every 5 years, these plans for an important guide for sustainable development in Local Government.
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Development plans are created by Local Authorities to provided planned future land use. Usually updated every 5 years, these plans for an important guide for sustainable development in Local Government.
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The data here include SFI research programmes from 2011 that were managed end-to-end in SFI’s Grants and Awards Management System. Programmes were gradually managed through the Grants and Awards Management System from 2011, and therefore awards made under programmes prior to...
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A borehole is any hole drilled or dug into the ground. The hole is usually deep, narrow and round. The material (soil and or rock) from the hole is collected and tested in a laboratory to find out the structure and type of the soil and or rock beneath the ground. A borehole...
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ScienceGroundwater is the water that soaks into the ground from rain and can be stored beneath the ground. Groundwater floods occur when the water stored beneath the ground rises above the land surface. The Groundwater Flooding Medium Probability map shows the expected flood extent...
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Groundwater is the water that soaks into the ground from rain and can be stored beneath the ground. Groundwater floods occur when the water stored beneath the ground rises above the land surface. The Groundwater Flooding High Probability map shows the expected flood extent of...
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Groundwater is the water that soaks into the ground from rain and can be stored beneath the ground. Groundwater floods occur when the water stored beneath the ground rises above the land surface. The Groundwater Flooding Low Probability map shows the expected flood extent of...
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Groundwater is the water that soaks into the ground from rain and can be stored beneath the ground. Groundwater floods occur when the water stored beneath the ground rises above the land surface. The Winter 2015/2016 Surface Water Flooding map shows fluvial (rivers) and...
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Groundwater is the water that soaks into the ground from rain and can be stored beneath the ground. Groundwater floods occur when the water stored beneath the ground rises above the land surface. The Historic Groundwater Flood Map shows the observed peak flood extents caused...
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Bedrock is the solid rock at or below the land surface. Over much of Ireland, the bedrock is covered by materials such as soil and gravel. The Bedrock map shows what the land surface of the North East, Midlands, Cork and Dublin would be made up of if these materials were...
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ScienceGroundwater is the water that soaks into the ground from rain and can be stored beneath the ground. An aquifer is a body of rock and/or sediment that holds groundwater. There are two main types of aquifer in Ireland – bedrock aquifers, and sand and gravel aquifers. Bedrock is...
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There are more than 1,200 geological formations and members (rock units) in the 1:100,000 Bedrock Geology map. Rock properties such as colour, grain size and type, origin, fossil and mineral content are used to define formations and members. A lot of these properties are not...