Community–led Village Design Statement (VDS) Toolkit prepared by the Heritage Council
The Heritage Council in partnership with Dublin City Council, Meath County Council, and communities in Sandymount Dublin, and Julianstown, County Meath published a step-by-step guide for local community stakeholders preparing village design statements in a collaborative and participative process. View the tool kit here.
The tool kit is based on the principles of the UNECE Aarhus Convention and the European Landscape Convention. Village design statements differ from local area plans as they are non-statutory plans. They generally give guidance as how the local community would like to see their village develop. Village design statements have been prepared by the Council in the past with communities in Murroe, Athea and Dromcollogher.
View the plans and strategies related to our Heritage section in the list below