Donegal CoCo is seeking to procure a Full Integrated Design Team, PSDP and Master Planning Consultancy Services for the preparation of a Regeneration Strategy and Action Plan for Buncrana.

Tender description

Donegal County Council’s Regeneration and Development Team is seeking the provision of a Full Integrated Design Team, PSDP and Masterplanning consultancy services to prepare a Regeneration Strategy and Action Plan (“RS and AP”) for Buncrana. The RS and AP is to be prepared in line with the new National Policy ‘Town Centre First – A Policy Approach for Irish Towns’ (“TCFAPA”) and is to be regeneration and renewal focused with a view to strengthening the role, image, capacity, vibrancy, vitality, competitiveness and resilience of Buncrana town centre. It will put place-making at the centre of the value proposition for the town as a means of enabling and attracting investment and regeneration. It will consider key thematic areas including: dereliction and vacancy, housing, regeneration and opportunity sites, tourism, festivals and events, commercial/economic development opportunities, natural and built heritage, community provision, walking, sport and recreation, public realm, the physical environment, biodiversity, climate change and sustainability, parking, access and infrastructure. The RS and AP will provide for the convergence of community vision, business interests, local knowledge and key Sectoral Stakeholder and Local Authority multi-disciplinary expertise and the appointed consultants will be required to work collaboratively with the local community and key stakeholders such as the Buncrana Town Team, to produce an evidenced framework that will set out the regeneration aspirations and priorities for the town – in the form of a Strategy (including a Masterplan) and accompanying Action Plan to include for more detailed design of actions in respect of key sites.