Village plan for Killough

Village plan for Killough

20 August 2014

PLANS to create a village plan for Killough are well underway.

After a series of research exercises to determine how best the village should be developed, there will be a meeting in the Quay Lane car park tomorrow about the next phase of the scheme.

Ideas and opinions captured in a public mapping exercise in July will be presented during the meeting, which will be held between 7pm and 9pm.

The Palatine Trust and Lecale Conservation are driving the creation of the village plan.

Doris Noe, chairwoman of Lecale Conservation, said village plans set out recommendations for community-led actions, often in partnership with statutory agencies.

“The extension and improvements to the ropewalk footpath were made possible by the 2007 village plan,” she said.

“The 2014 plan seeks to embrace opportunities to develop new projects by looking at quality of life, a place to live and work and sense of place.”

The Palatine Trust, which restores vacant buildings in Killough, will also help create the plan through a study of the built and natural environment in Killough and its surrounding countryside, including St John’s Point, Rossglass and the farming hinterland towards Downpatrick.

Down Rural Area Partnership and Palatine Trust are funding this plan.

Anyone wishing to contribute to the consultation is asked to visit www.killoughvillageplan.org or to phone PLACE on 028 9023 2524.