THRIVE-Carrick-on-Shannon
Carrick-on-Shannon - Town Hall building - Have your say!
In the Summer of 2023, Leitrim County Council approved the Carrick-on-Shannon Town Centre First Plan. This action-oriented strategy for the town was produced as part of the Irish Government’s Town Centre First initiative. This programme 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.
The Carrick-on-Shannon Town Centre First Plan identified a wide range of potential improvements to the town centre under three key themes – improving connections with the river, improving the arrival experience and promoting town centre vitality and activity.
The Carrick-on-Shannon Town Hall Building is perfectly situated to contribute to the Town Centre First Plan objectives. This underused historic building enjoys a prominent location on Bridge Street with good access to the river front and People’s Park.
THRIVE is a national funding program that supports the renewal of urban centres through the adaptive reuse of heritage buildings. The program is co-funded by the Irish Government & the European Union and is intended to help revitalize local towns and villages.
Leitrim County Council recently secured THRIVE Strand 1 funding to carry out a project on the Town Hall building, Carrick on Shannon involving the carrying out of a feasibility study to determine a sustainable end use for the building and completion of the Part 8 process so as to allow for submission of a Strand 2 Thrive funding application to seek funds to develop the building.
A2 Architects together with Allies and Morrison Urban Planners, were procured to complete the project.
As part of the process, a public consultation had to be undertaken, to explore possible end uses for the building. A comprehensive programme of community outreach and engagement was undertaken. Resulting from the consultation, most of the possible end uses identified were community/tourism related. Leitrim County Council is keen to promote the refurbishment and reuse of the Town Hall building for a community/tourism oriented use. Currently a business case is being prepared by Indecon consultants to identify the most feasible and sustainable end use for the building. This will help bring people into the centre and provide people and communities in the town centre with a community resource for everyone to enjoy.
PART 8 PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE TOWN HALL BUILDING, CARRICK ON SHANNON
The Part 8 for the project is now being advertised on the basis set out above to allow for a Strand 2 application. The Part 8 will be on public display from March 20th to April 17th with submissions to be received by 4.00 pm on May 1st 2025.
Submissions must be made in writing to the Senior Planner, Planning Development, Leitrim County Council, Áras an Chontae, St. George’s Terrace, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim N41 PF67 or emailed to planning@leitrimcoco.ie or online via Leitrim County Council Portal on Planning Portal and must reach the Senior Executive Planner before 4.00 p.m. on Thursday 1st May 2025. All submissions or observations should be clearly marked ‘Town Hall Carrick-on-Shannon Part 8’
The plans and particulars are also available to view on the Leitrim County Council website Part 8 Proposals and Leitrim County Council Portal Planning Portal
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Visit the Northern & Western Regional Assembly website at https://www.nwra.ie
“THRIVE is co-funded by the Government of Ireland and the European Union through the ERDF Northern and Western Regional Programme 2021-2027”.