Village Design Statements

Mayo County Council, in partnership with the communities of Louisburgh, Belcarra and Mulranny, with the support of The Heritage Council, has prepared Village Design Statements for these villages. A village Design Statement is currently being prepared for Cong.

Village Design Statements rely on input from local communities to:

- identify the local distinctive character of the village and surrounding countryside

- provide design guidance for new development.

CONG DRAFT VILLAGE DESIGN STATEMENT

A draft Village Design Statement has been prepared for Cong and will be on public display from Monday 28th January to Friday 8th March. Click here to view the Cong draft Village Design Statement

Submissions or observations in respect of the draft Village Design Statement during the inspection period specified above will be taken into consideration before the publication of the document. All submissions or observations should be made in writing (hard copy or email), be clearly marked ‘Cong Village Design Statement’ and forwarded to Deirdre Cunningham, Heritage Officer by email to dcunningham@mayococo.ie or in writing to the Heritage Office, Mayo County Council, Aras an Chontae, Castlebar, Vo. Mayo.

Mayo County Council is also holding a workshop on the Cong draft Village Design Statement on Tuesday 12^th February 2013 from 7.30pm to 9.30pm in Ryan’s Hotel, Cong

The aim of the workshop is to provide information on the draft Village Design Statement with a view to obtaining feedback that will inform the final document.

The Mulranny Village Design Statement was launched by An Taoiseach Enda Kenny in April 2012.

Mulranny Village Design Statement

_{An Taoiseach Enda Kenny arriving at the launch of the Mulranny Village Design Statement}

_{Launch of the Mulranny Village Design Statement (back row l to r: Michael Starrett, CEO The Heritage Council, Cllr Austin Francis O'Malley, Cathaoirleach Mayo Co. Council, Sean Carolan, PRO Mulranny Community Futures, Michael Parsons, Heritage Council Board Member, Michael Colreavy, Architectural Heritage Policy Adviser, Dept. of Arts, Heritage & the Gaeltacht, Peter Hynes, Mayo Co. Manager (front row l to r: Deirdre Cunningham, Mayo Heritage Officer, An Taosieach, Mr Enda Kenny, T.D. Conor Newman, Chair of The Heritage Council; Michael Hughes, Chairman Mulranny Community Futures)}