Sixmilebridge your Town your Plan
Consultation has concluded
Under the Town Centre First initiative, we are starting to prepare a vision for the future of Sixmilebridge Town Centre and want to hear from you!
What is Town Centre First?
The Town Centre First policy aims to create town centres that function as viable, vibrant and attractive locations for people to live, work and visit, while also functioning as the service, social, cultural and recreational hub for the local community. It aims to tackle vacancy, combat dereliction and breathe new life into our town centres.
Why Sixmilebridge?
Sixmilebridge has been chosen as the first town in Clare under the first phase of the National Town Centre First initiative. This means a Town Centre First Vision and Plan will be developed for your town, which will identify key projects and actions to be delivered to revitalise Sixmilebridge Town Centre. Your involvement and feedback is vital to this process.
Clare County Council in conjunction with an Integrated Design Team, led by Allies and Morrison Ltd, is leading the preparation of a plan for the town over the coming months. We are looking at all aspects of the town from retail offering, community services and facilities, green/outdoor space, new employment opportunities, reuse of vacant properties, and movement across the town – walking, traffic and parking. We want to ensure we capture all local knowledge and potential ideas from the wider Sixmilebridge community to ensure the plan reflects actions and projects that can be delivered on the ground for you, your families and local businesses, and that targeted Government funding can be identified to support the delivery of these projects where appropriate.
Have Your Say!
As part of this process, Clare County Council is seeking initial input, feedback and comments from all stakeholders within the local community of Sixmilebridge - from local residents, traders, businesses owners, shop keepers, young people, senior citizens etc - who have a keen interest in developing a vision for your town and how it can be achieved. The feedback that we will receive will be a valuable resource in informing and shaping the aims, objectives and principles of a Masterplan for Sixmilebridge.
See link to the right to view a programme which sets out the stages of the masterplan process, with opportunities for you to get involved highlighted in pink. We hope to keep the dialogue open throughout the process.
Online Survey
As part of our public consultation process, we are conducting an online survey for the purposes of gathering valuable information and feedback from you the public. We would love to hear from you and invite you to participate in our survey (see details below).
Submissions & Observations
If you have any further thoughts, ideas or opinions on any aspect of how Sixmilebridge can be enhanced, we would like to hear from you. Any individual or interested parties can make a submission or observation either through this online platform, or in writing to Clare County Council at the following address:
"Sixmilebridge Masterplan", Town Centre First, Economic Development Directorate, Clare County Council, Áras Contae and Chláir, New Road, Ennis, Co. Clare. V95 DX92.
Submissions or observations can be made during the public consultation period which will run from Wednesday 16th November 2022 until 5:00 p.m. Monday 12th December 2022.
(Please note that submissions or observations received are subject to meeting requirements under relevant data protection legislation. All submissions/observations will be subject to Freedom of Information legislation).
