Kilmurry
Kilmurry Location and Context Kilmurry, famous for its Harvest Festival, is situated north of Sixmilebridge. Kilmurry is surrounded by a network of lakes and is north of Walton Lodge, Golf Course and Pitch and Putt. The character and layout of Killmurry is dominated by a ‘five cross roads’. These radial roads converge at the centre of the village which has a traditional informal layout typically associated with its rural location. In contrast, the eastern side of the village is characterised by suburban style housing consisting of large houses on individual sites in a linear form. The strategy for Kilmurry is to enhance and strengthen the village core by giving it better visual definition and by encouraging development in areas identified for village growth for mixed use, commercial and community use. Kilmurry is connected to the Shannon/Sixmilebridge Regional Water Supply and as such is subject to the constraints of that scheme. The village has no public wastewater treatment system requiring all existing and future residential development to adhere to the EPA Code of Practice for Wastewater Treatment Systems in order to ensure that there are no significant long term effects on the receiving environment. This is particularly important in relation to VGA 3 and its proximity to the Cloverhill Stream which is currently at 'poor status' under the Water Framework Directive. Ballymulcashel housing development on the eastern side of the village is serviced by a shared waste water treatment system. The remainder of the dwellings and services in the village have individual on-site waste water treatment systems. Local Link provides a convenient and valuable bus transport service with a drop off/collection point in the village. General Objectives •
To promote the consolidation of Kilmurry village through brownfield reuse/redevelopment and compact growth within the designated village growth areas;
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To ensure growth is incremental and small scale in nature, and is relative and appropriate to the scale, size and character of the village;
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To promote the managed development of the village in order to sustain the local population and the services currently available in the village and encourage the development of further amenities in the area;
__________________________________________________________________________________ Draft Clare County Development Plan 2023-2029
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