North Tipperary Co. Council Tidy Towns Seminar Nenagh

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North Tipperary Co. CouncilTidy Towns Seminar
Nenagh

• 26th March 2007

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A National Adjudicators View

• Presented by
• Frank Donaldson

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Examine the following Issues

• Why enter the Competition?
• Importance of Tidy Towns
• How the adjudication system works
• The 3 Year Tidy Towns Plan
• 10 Marks Categories

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Why enter the Competition?
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Why enter the Competition?

• Started in 1958 Bord Failte
• Ireland of the late 1950s
• A Spring Clean
• Community benefits of working together
• Improving your town or village
• Attract economic activity to your area
• Professional Report on your town or village

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Forming a Committee

• Ideally a dedicated Tidy Towns Committee - 665 in
  Existence
• Could be formed by a
• Community Council
• Development Association
• Town Council
• Residents Committee
• Local Authority / LEADER

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Importance of Tidy Towns
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Your Tidy Towns Role

• Making your place a better place
• Of enormous community and tourism importance
• You are not alone in your task

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LEADER
North Tipperary County Council
Residents Associations
Tidy Towns Committee
Development Associations
Chamber Of Commerce
Schools
Dept. Environment
FAS
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The adjudication process
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How the adjudication system works

• 1st Round June to mid-July
• 2nd Round August
• Results Day September
• Study all documentation what is new for 2007
• Entry Form
• 2006 Tidy Towns Report
• 3 / 5 Year Plan
• Photographs
• Map
• Other documents / Reports

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How I work as a National Adjudicator

• Drive all approach roads
• Walk town /village
• Take detailed notes / photographs
• Examine award nominations or seek suitable
  nominations
• Write Report just outside town / village
• Honesty
• Fairness
• Be helpful / recommendations
• Contribute to next revision of Tidy Towns Action
  Plan

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The Three Year Plan

• Introduced by Department in 1995
• A systematic approach to Tidy Towns action
  planning
• Where is your town / village now where should
  it be in 2009
• 3 year time frame 2007 to 2009
• Not complicated

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The Three Year Plan

• Decide on narrow range of annual projects
  perhaps 5 each year
• Projects must -
• Contribute to town / village improvement
• Be physically feasible
• Be financially sound
• Be likely to be well received by Community

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The Three Year Plan

• Characteristics
• Five Pages
• Map in A4 format
• Simple and easily read
• Key Tasks keyed to the Map
• Use photographs / drawings
• Consult with Local Authority, community

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The Three Year Plan

• Indicate what work is to be done each year
• Beware of your limitations on
• manpower
• funds
• Local Authority commitment
• timescale

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The Adjudication Categories

• Development Approach

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Development Approach

• 3 Year Plan and its implementation
• Your work with
• Local Authorities
• Schools
• Local community
• Local businesses
• Local Committees
• Development Associations
• Are you adopting an integrated community approach?

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The Adjudication Categories

• The Built Environment

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The Built Environment

• Shop Fronts
• Heritage buildings
• Signage
• Monuments
• Derelict buildings
• Vacant sites
• Wires / cables

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The Adjudication Categories

• Landscaping

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Landscaping

• Does landscaping enhance or overpower
• Paving
• Open Spaces
• Existing Landscaped areas
• Trees / shrubs
• Potential new area for landscaping
• Window boxes / flower tubs / hanging baskets

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Landscaping

• The role
• To enhance town / village
• Add colour to areas that require it
• Enhance built environment not overpower it
• Must be planned carefully as part of 3 Year Plan
• Low maintenance requirement important
• Use of correct trees and shrubs
• Not an end in itself

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Hanging baskets, window boxes, flower tubs

• Use with care
• Less is more
• Brighten up otherwise dull area
• Enhance a building not overpower it
• Bring out town / village character not change
  or hide character
• Choose colour carefully
• Watch maintenance issues

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Trees Shrubs

• Some trees / shrubs more suitable for confined
  areas / streets
• Remember future root and vertical / horizontal
  space requirements
• Heritage Council website www.heritagecouncil.ie

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The Adjudication Categories

• Wildlife Natural Amenities

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Wildlife Natural Amenities

• Wildlife Survey
• Needs of wildlife
• Public wildlife information
• Rivers, lakes, ponds

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The Adjudication Categories

• Litter Control

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Litter Control

• Litter Control Plan
• Litter Survey
• Litter bin provision / suitable design
• Emptying of litter bins

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Bring Centres

• Key points
• High profile location
• Advance signage from town / village centre
• Proper signage at site
• Units on slightly raised platform
• Bollards to prevent damage
• Watch for litter at rear of units. under and to
  the sides of units

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Bring Centres
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The Adjudication Categories

• Waste Minimisation

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Waste Minimisation

• New category from 2006
• Promotion of best practise
• Think the 4 Ws
• Why get involved
• Who is available to get involved
• What needs to be done
• Which issues / areas are most problematic

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Waste Minimisation

• What can you do to help?
• Community initiatives
• School initiatives
• Segregating litter at clean ups
• Work with local businesses
• Work with local agencies

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Waste Minimisation

• Develop a website
• Hold waste minimisation Workshops
• Hold awareness days
• Circulate information to holiday homes and bed
  breakfast and guesthouse premises
• See the Booklet Race Against Waste

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The Race Against Waste
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The Adjudication Categories

• Tidiness

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Tidiness

• Casual untidy areas
• Need for screening
• Rusty gates
• Weeds and grass growth
• Car parks
• Bridges
• Roadside kerbs
• Retail good on pavements

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The Adjudication Categories

• Residential Areas

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Residential areas

• Landscaping
• Estate signage
• Road boundary walls
• Estates Competition
• Individual houses
• Use of colour

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Residential areas

• Interaction with
• Planning Authority
• Builders and developers
• Are landscaping conditions met in full

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The Adjudication Categories

• Roads, Streets
• Back Areas

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Approach Roads

• Directional Signage
• Town / village signage
• Landscaping / roadside verges
• Field gates / walls / banks / hedges
• Litter control
• Road surfaces
• Kerbing
• Trees

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Streets and Back Lanes

• Casual untidy areas
• Litter control
• Signage

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Signage
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The Adjudication Categories

• General Impression

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General Impression

• What overall impression does the adjudicator get
• Integrated presentation of your town or village
• Are some aspects receiving excellent attention
  and others ignored
• Exceptional effort made to overcome difficult
  problems

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Good Luck to you in all your Tidy Towns work for
2007