C hief Executive’s Management Report
January 2021
Leading Cork to take its place as a World Class City
Housing Maintenance .............................................................................................30 Homeless Services ..................................................................................................31 Emergency Accommodation ...................................................................................31 Rough Sleepers .......................................................................................................32 Bishopsgrove ..........................................................................................................33 Cork Foyer ..............................................................................................................33
Contents Purpose of CE Report ...............................................................................................1 Our Mission ..............................................................................................................1 Our Vision.................................................................................................................1 Our High-Level Goals and Strategic Objectives .........................................................1 Our Values ................................................................................................................1
Roads ..................................................................................................................... 34
Contact Centre ......................................................................................................... 2
Roadworks Programme ..........................................................................................34 Pavement Surface Condition Index (km) .................................................................34 Regional Roads Grants (km Strengthened) .............................................................34 2021 Road Resurfacing Programme ........................................................................34 Public Liability Claim Reports ..................................................................................35 Roads Maintenance Programmes ...........................................................................35 Transport ............................................................................................................... 37 Pay Parking Income.................................................................................................37 Park & Ride Vehicle Numbers .................................................................................37 Public Bike Scheme .................................................................................................37 Enforcement ...........................................................................................................38 Road Offence Breakdown – to December 2020 ......................................................38 Road Offence Location............................................................................................39 Litter Fines ..............................................................................................................39
Service Requests ...................................................................................................... 3 Roads .......................................................................................................................3 Housing Maintenance ..............................................................................................3 Environment.............................................................................................................4 Emergency Services & Building Control ..................................................................... 4 Fire Prevention .........................................................................................................5 Building Control........................................................................................................5 Library Service.......................................................................................................... 7 Libraries Membership & Visits ..................................................................................8 Arts & Events ........................................................................................................... 9 Creative Ireland ........................................................................................................9 Arts Funding .............................................................................................................9 St. Patrick’s Festival ..................................................................................................9 Arts Council ..............................................................................................................9 BEAG Early Years Programme................................................................................. 10 Placemaking ........................................................................................................... 10 Social Practice Programme ..................................................................................... 10 Sport & Sustainability ............................................................................................. 10 Sports Development Officer ................................................................................... 10 Soccer on the Screen .............................................................................................. 10 Online Classes ........................................................................................................ 10 Youth Worker Training Programme........................................................................ 11 Fitbit Online Programme ........................................................................................ 11 Environmental Awareness Officer .......................................................................... 11 Paint ReUse project: ............................................................................................... 11 Science Foundation Ireland – House of Circuits project.......................................... 12 Networking............................................................................................................. 12 Sustainable Travel .................................................................................................. 12 Old Cork Waterworks Experience (Lifetime Lab) .................................................... 12
Infrastructure Projects ............................................................................................ 39
Roads Capital Programme: TII Funded Projects: .....................................................39 Roads Capital Programme: CCC Funded Projects: ...................................................40 Roads Capital Programme: DTTS & CCC Funded Projects:.......................................40 Roads Capital Programme: DUCGS & NTA Funded Project: ....................................40 Roads Capital Programme: LIHAF Funded Projects: ................................................40 Urban Regeneration & Development Fund: ............................................................41 Bridge Repair and Rehabilitation Projects: ..............................................................41 New Cycle Lanes: ....................................................................................................41 Environment........................................................................................................... 42 Tree Works .............................................................................................................42 Parks, Cemeteries & Recreation..............................................................................42 Waste Management ...............................................................................................44 Monthly Waste Tonnage.........................................................................................44 Licencing ................................................................................................................ 45 Dog Licences ...........................................................................................................46 Asset Management .................................................................................................46 Strategic & Economic Development......................................................................... 46 Planning Policy........................................................................................................46 Local Enterprise Office (LEO)...................................................................................48
Community Content ............................................................................................... 13
Social Inclusion ....................................................................................................... 13 Learning Cities ........................................................................................................ 15 Learning Neighbourhoods ...................................................................................... 15 Community Response Forum ................................................................................. 15 Food Response Task Group .................................................................................... 15 ESRI Research ......................................................................................................... 15 Learning City and the SDGs at UCC ......................................................................... 15 Development Management .................................................................................... 16 UPDATE ON STRATEGIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS ............................................... 16 Development Management Metrics:...................................................................... 17
Corporate Services & International Relations........................................................... 49
Chief Executive’s Office ...........................................................................................49 Council Services ......................................................................................................49 Payments Processed ...............................................................................................49 Franchise - Register of Electors ...............................................................................50 Numbers added to register .....................................................................................50 Communications .....................................................................................................51 FOI/GDPR/Reviews & Requests ..............................................................................53 Finance Directorate ................................................................................................ 54 Expenditure ............................................................................................................54 Income by Source ...................................................................................................55 Key Collection Levels...............................................................................................55 People & Organisation Development....................................................................... 56 Minding Your Wellbeing Campaign.........................................................................56
Housing Directorate ............................................................................................... 19
Housing Progress Report January 2021 .................................................................. 19 Capital Works ......................................................................................................... 22 Rent Collected YTD € .............................................................................................. 24 Social Housing Stock YTD........................................................................................ 24 Voids ...................................................................................................................... 25 VOID Historic 2019-2021 ........................................................................................ 25 Vacant Dwellings - by Local Area ............................................................................ 26 Vacant Dwellings - Not on CCC Management Programme...................................... 26 Housing Applications .............................................................................................. 26 Housing List ............................................................................................................ 27 Breakdown of Housing List – Jan 2021 ................................................................... 28 Housing Assistance Programme (HAP) ................................................................... 28 Applications............................................................................................................ 28 Rental Accommodation Scheme (RAS) ................................................................... 29 Private Housing Grants ........................................................................................... 29
Purpose of CE Report __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Every month, the Chief Executive of Cork City Council publishes a report with the latest updates, statistics and figures from around the organization. This Chief Executive ’s Management Report is part of the reporting structures within Cork City Council and aims to: assist the elected members to carry out their governance responsibilities; oversee the executive in the delivery of policy that has been decided by council; provide oversight of the Chief Executive’s discharge of her executive duties. Our Mission __________________________________________________________________________________________________ • We deliver excellent public services to the people of Cork by working collaboratively with our strategic partners. • We are a city of ambition, working with our neighbourhoods, communities and businesses to support economic development and facilitate investment. • We value our culture and heritage and ensure that Cork continues to be successful as an attractive place to live, study, visit and work.
Our Vision __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Leading Cork to take its place as a World Class City.
Our High-Level Goals and Strategic Objectives __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Our Values __________________________________________________________________________________________________
Public Good
Trust & Integrity
Respect
People Centric Approach We engage with people in a fair, courteous and timely manner. We strive for continous improvement.
Responsibility
Innovation
We provide high quality services and address peoples’ needs in a manner that is both inclusive and equitable.
We act honestly, openly and fairly in all our dealings.
We treat all people equally with due regard for their needs and rights.
We are accountable and transparent and act responsibly in our dealings and decision making.
We continually seek progressive and creative approaches in the services we deliver.
Contact Centre
021 4924000 line
Housing Maintenance
Other Housing
Other Services
Category
Litter/Waste
Roads
Total
Calls Served
7,009
497
563
4,168
12,237
Calls Abandoned Voicemails/ Dissuaded TOTAL Calls Received
1,342
119
124
876
2,461
562
56
78
347
1,043 (673 vms)
8,913
672
765
5,391
15,741
Calls Forwarded by agents
4,081
Average calls served daily (20 working days in January)
612
Emails served by CSU agents in January
530
Roads & Traffic
Other Services
Calls Abandoned
Calls Received
Litter/Waste
Calls Served
Housing
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000 16000
1 Total served by agents within system but excl. voicemails 1 Callers hang up when a recorded message from CCC is being played (system sees this as caller has received the information they were looking for and have hung up satisfied with the information) 1 Total calls reaching the options menu (IVR system). Note: the IVR does not accurately reflect the exact breakdown of calls as option 1 is used disproportionately by callers resulting in higher numbers for Housing. 1 This includes calls served + voicemails 1 Emails served by CSU agents includes all emails, submissions and SPAM
1800 222 226 line
Calls Served
96
Calls abandoned
18
Voicemail
0
TOTAL Calls received
114
The Community Support help line operated 5 days a week from 9 until 5 for the month of January.
Service Requests __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Roads Service Requests Status of Roads Service Requests
600
600
500
500
400
183
400
300
Open
300
200
Closed
200
100
310
100
0
Jan
0
Emergency Routine Urgent
Jan
Roads Service Requests by Month/Year
900
800
700
600
2019
500
2020
400
2021
300
200
100
0
Jan
Feb Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Housing Maintenance
Service Requests Received
Service Requests Outstanding
Service Requests Closed
3,000
1600
2,000
1,800
1400
2,500
1,600
1200
1,400
2,000
1000
1,200
800
1,500
1,000
600
800
1,000
600
400
400
200
500
200
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul
Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
-
-
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2019
2020
2021
2019
2020
2021
2019
2020
2021
Housing Maintenance Call Breakdown
1,802
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
165
12
-
Jan
Emergency
Routine
Urgent
Environment Litter
Street Cleaning
Trees
100 150 200 250 300 350
500
100
400
80
2019
2019
2019
300
60
2020
200
40
2020
2020
100
20
2021
2021
2021
0 50
0
0
Emergency Services & Building Control
Fire
Special Services
200
100 120 140
150
2019
2019
0 20 40 60 80
100
2020
2020
50
2021
2021
0
False Alarm
Cardiac First Responder
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
30 35
25
20
2019
2019
15
2020
2020
10
2021
2021
5
0
250
22, 10%
200
69
69, 31%
150
59, 26%
73
100
73, 33%
59
50
22
0
Jan
Cardiac First Responder False Alarms Fire Special Services
Cardiac First Responder
False Alarms
Fire
Special Services
Fire Prevention
Fire Certs
Fire Licensing
Inspections
150
10 15 20 25 30
40
30
100
2019
2019
2019
20
2020
2020
2020
50
2021
2021
10
2021
0 5
0
0
Jan MarMay Jul SepNov
Building Control
Month
Year
Total
January
2021
Building Control Site Inspections
0
January
2021
Commencement Notices
22
January
2021
Completion Certificates
14
January
2021
Dangerous Structures Complaints
9
January
2021
Disability Access Certificates
7
January
2021
Outdoor Events & Concerts
0
January
2021
% of Commencement Notice
0%
January
2021
New Building Inspections
0
Building Control Functions
100
80
Disability Access Certificates
60
Dangerous Structures Complaints Completion Certificates
70
40
14
Commencement Notices
20
0 22 Jan
0
100 120 140 160 180 200
2019
2020
0 20 40 60 80
2021
Jan
Feb Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep Oct
Nov
Dec
Library Service Level 5 lockdown on December 24, 2020, saw libraries close their doors once again, offering online services only through eBooks, eAudio books, RBDigital, Universal Class and so on. The Housebound book delivery service to the elderly and those cocooning continued. As the rate of transmission reached new heights early in 2021 all staff were directed to work from home where possible, with limited access to the libraries as a workspace. Plans were put in place for projects and initiatives to work on while at home, while CPD was also encouraged.
Membership has increased steadily in Cork City Libraries since March last with 36,656 members for year ending January 2021 compared to 32,789 for the same period in 2020. The use of library eBook/eAudio books by members of the libraries also increased; 11,165 eBooks/eAudio books were borrowed in January 2021 compared to 5,138 in January 2020 and 2,946 in January 2019. Staff continue to promote the library services while working from home by recommending ebooks to read and universal class training to engage with. A 4-part genealogical series was held online based on a guide book produced by a staff member working from home. This got great PR in local newspapers and radio also as Johnathon Fehily was interviewed by PJ Coogan. Our Conversation Café sessions were held online in January engaging all communities in conversation in an online social space forum. 6-week online coding classes were hosted, blogs included a reflection by Tadhg Coakley the 2020 One City One Book writer and stress management classes in collaboration with the HSE were promoted. January saw Cork City libraries as proud recipients of the Golisano Award 2020. The Golisano Health Leadership Award is presented by Special Olympics International and
the Golisano Foundation, and is awarded nationally to outstanding individuals and organisations dedicated to improving the health of people with intellectual disabilities and advancing the health of Special Olympics athletes. The Health Leadership Awards give Special Olympics Ireland the opportunity to acknowledge the great health work that is taking place throughout the island of Ireland at a local community level. “All recipients of the Health Leadership Award are champions for people with intellectual disability in their communities. Their work, commitment and passion goes beyond their volunteer role with Special Olympics Ireland and they really implement the ethos behind creating and supporting Healthy Communities and athletes at local level.” Cáit Donnelly Health & Wellbeing Coordinator Special Olympics Ireland This award is to acknowledge Cork City Libraries commitment to access and inclusion of not only Special Olympics Ireland athletes but also people with intellectual disability or different learning needs in their community. The partnership between Special Olympics Ireland and Cork City Libraries saw the development of sensory books based on Healthy Ireland’ s 3 pillars; Eat Well, Be Well, Think Well, which was supported by the Special Olympics Health Promotion Programme. This project was led by Breda Hassett, Senior Executive Librarian, Cork City Libraries and created with Special Olympics athletes and Cork Textile Network. It brought the accessibility of health information to a new level with workshops in Hollyhill Library, Bishopstown Library, Blackpool Library and Cork City Library, Grand Parade. This project also allowed Special Olympics athletes to experience learning about health and wellbeing in a unique and creative way. The 3 sensory books (Eat Well, Be Well, Think Well) developed through this project are available to members of the community to take out on loan from Cork City Libraries.
Libraries Membership & Visits Membership
Library Visits
37000
0 10000 20000 30000 40000 50000 60000 70000 80000
36000
35000
34000
2020
2020
33000
2021
2021
32000
31000
30000
Jan Mar May Jul
Sep Nov
Items Borrowed
Online Library Visits
60000
30000
50000
25000
40000
20000
30000
15000
2020
2020
20000
10000
2021
2021
10000
5000
0
0
eBooks/AudioBooks
Public PC Use
12000
7000
6000
10000
5000
8000
4000
6000
2020
2019
3000
2021
4000
2021
2000
2000
1000
0
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul
Aug Sep
Online Event Promotion
Item Returns
60000
2000
1800
50000
1600
1400
40000
1200
2020
1000
30000
2021
800
600
20000
400
200
10000
0
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul
Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
0
2020
2021
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul
Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Arts & Events Creative Ireland 2021 Projects
Increased funding for 2021 has confirmed, A total funding allocation of €160,161 (€145,161 core funding + €15,000 Cruinniú na nÓg funding) will be allocated to Cork City Council.
In addition, we will be invited to respond to the following opportunities over the course of 2021:
1. Positive Ageing and Creative Wellbeing Scheme 2. Creative Engagement Climate Action Community Fund : The Creative Ireland Programme in collaboration with the DECC will provide a Cultural and Creative Climate Action Community Fund that will deliver, through cultural and creative projects, individual and community awareness of the need for climate-related behavioural change. Arts Funding Panels for the assessment of applications for Arts Project Awards, Individual Artists Bursary Awards and the Arts in Context Scheme met across January. All awards have now been made and decisions communicated. The following number of awards have been made for 2021:
• Arts Grants: 59 professional arts organisations and community arts groups • Project Scheme: 12 awards • Artists Bursary: 14 awards • Arts in Context Scheme: 8 awards
Annual review meetings with each of the 14 organisations funded via revenue funding were commenced in January and will continue into February. These organisations are Cork Opera House, Cork Midsummer Festival, Cork Folk Festival, Munster Literature Centre; Cork Academy of Music, Music Generation, O’Bheal, The Butter Museum; Cork Jazz Festival; Crawford Supported Studios, Sounds From a Safe Harbour; St. Peters Commemorative Centre, National String Foundation; Triskel Arts Centre Christchurch. St. Patrick’s Festival Planning is underway for the Cork St. Patrick’s Festival 2021. It is proposed the festival will run from Saturday 13 th to Wednesday 17 th March. Due to ongoing government restrictions, a parade is not feasible this year. A hybrid programme of online and physical events where possible is being planned to celebration our national holiday. Based around the theme of ‘Meitheal’, in it together, the pro gramme will include: • Greening of Buildings as part of an initiative with Fáilte Ireland. Increasing the number of locations in the city that can light green for St. Patrick’s Day is currently being investigated. • A large-scale projection onto R&H Hall that will be based on the St. Patrick’s Day theme of ‘Meitheal’ is currently being procured. • A pre-recorded video to be shown online over the festival that marks the civic and community nature of the St. Patrick’s Day and a response to this year’s theme Meithe al is being examined. • An installation by Cork Community Arts Link in Bishop Lucey Park for the festival, based on the legend of Cliodhna, the patron of county Cork and her three brightly coloured birds whose sweet song heals the sick. • Cultural and heritage organisations in the city will be invited to submit their programming that will be packaged and promoted by Cork City Council as Cork St. Patricks Festival. Arts Council €30,000 was aw arded to Cork City Council Arts Office as lead applicant in a partnership project aiming to develop on the outcomes of the 2019 Creative Enquiry for Arts and Older People. The project will facilitate dissemination of learning and recommendations from the Creative Enquiry in dynamic, engaging modes for arts practitioners, organisations and policy makers working with older people.
BEAG Early Years Programme The BEAG Early Years Programme recruitment process got underway. New artists will be invited to join with 3 already on the BEAG panel. The current focus is to develop blended modes of delivery for childcare settings in Cork City and County. Placemaking Cork City Arts Office are contributing to the activities of a Place-making Working Group. One of the aims of this group is to support community-led placemaking projects through the development of a toolkit. The Community Arts Coordinator has created a Street Art Guide incorporating recent leaning from the partnership with Ardú. Social Practice Programme This collaboration with Leitrim Arts Office is ongoing with zero drop out of participants.
Sport & Sustainability Sports Development Officer Soccer on the Screen
While our Sports on the Green series had to be put on hold due to Level 5 Restrictions, we came up with a creative way to adapt the programme and continue to engage young people. Soccer on the Screen is an online session where young people learn about resilience, how to cope with change and maintain positive mental health from a professional soccer player. The first session featured Cork City Captain Gearóid Morrissey. There was a Q & A session at the end where young people could ask questions about what its like to be a professional athlete and learn some tips and tricks about how to train at home. Feedback from the session was excellent and it is something we intend to run with other sports.
Feedback from the youth worker involved with the first session of Soccer on the Screen- ‘It was a really enjoyable session for me to be part of. More importantly, the young people I invited on the call were absolutely thrilled with it. Josh in particular was delighted to have a chance to ask Gearoid 3/4 questions. We attend all city games together as a group from the youth club, so it was so nice of them to have that chat with Gearoid yesterday.I was on the phone to young people afterwards who got such a lift from the call and it was so welcomed during these diff icult times.’
Online Classes Online classes were offered out to youth groups across the city in early January. Initially there was very poor uptake- largely due to the fact that young people were online for most of the day already doing remote learning. However, since the announcement that restrictions would be extended some groups reached out to see if it was possible to try the online sessions. These groups are now registered to take part in weekly sessions which have started this week. The groups involved are JIGSAW, YMCA and Cork City Partnership. Foróige are waiting for the instructor to be Garda Vetted through them but are due to start classes once this comes back. The instructor is already vetted directly through Cork City Council. There is also a school booked into do a live session this Friday where all staff, students, parents and siblings are invited to take a break from remote learning and Move!
Youth Worker Training Programme We are working with the ETB and Cork Sports Partnership to put together a series of training opportunities for youth workers across the city. This will allow youth workers to upskill themselves with a particular focus on activities that are
safe to run under Level 3 and 4 of the Governments Resilience and Recovery plan. The first training session ran on the 29 th of January and was fully booked. It was based on Orienteering and showed youth workers how to read maps, set out courses and lead an orienteering session for varying levels of ability. There will also be five comprehensive packs housed in Cork E TB’s offices where youth workers can go and check them out to use with their groups. There is an added bonus to this programme for us as it will promote the use of Cork City Council parks across the city.
Fitbit Online Programme We received funding from the ETB to buy a set of FitBits. These will be used to run a programme with youth groups where young people will learn how to track their step count, heart rate and sleep scores. There will also be daily challenges and weekly Zoom classes where participants can log their results on a leader board anonymously with an over all amount being tallied for the group. They will work against other youth groups across the city to see which group can make the biggest improvement in their scores.
Environmental Awareness Officer Paint ReUse project:
Branding has been developed. Name is to be Revive Paint. Memorandum of Understanding and Standard Operating procedures finalised between Cork City Council and the social enterprise (NCE, Farranferris). Production to begin once Covid restrictions allow .
Science Foundation Ireland – House of Circuits project Work continues on design of kit to be used by children in class. Graphic design process almost complete. Box specification and procurement begun. Networking Many meetings held in January with existing networks (e.g. Fáilte Ireland, Pure Cork, EPA, Science Foundation Ireland, An Taisce Green Schools, Southern Region Waste Management Office, Muintir na Tire, Cork County Council) and new contacts (e.g. Galway City Council, Galway County Council, Cork ETB). Sustainable Travel This month sustainable travel section has been liaising with the cork Cycling Campaign regarding issues that they have raised with Cork City Council. We are currently in the process of developing a cycling lane map of the city and looking at developing more walking routes of interest. Cork City Council will host the TMF Mix Your Mode Seminar on March 19 th . Planning is currently underway for this seminar which will be held virtually. Old Cork Waterworks Experience (Lifetime Lab) Closed to the public due to level 5 restrictions and operating Covid clause of facility management contract (i.e. skeleton staff at reduced cost). SFI Discover Call Funding Old Cork Waterworks Experience was successfully awarded funding under the Science Foundation Ireland Discover Call 2021. This project will develop an in school activity which will significantly increase the level of STEM intervention (outreach in schools) currently available in the greater Cork region. In addition this project will serve as a mitigating measure to the reduction in STEM engagement activity owing to the risks (actual, perceived or otherwise) of Covid-19 within Cork primary schools. The project team will leverage the learning, experience and models of best practice gained from over fifteen years of onsite STEM engagement activities to create a model suitable for delivery in a modern classroom environment.
Cork Schools Heritage Project Old Cork Waterworks Experience has been involved in the judging of portfolios submitted as part of the Discover Cork: Schools Heritage Project 2021. An initiative of the Cork City Heritage Plan, this year’s theme “Living through History” encouraged children to research local folklore, stories, individuals or buildings within the immediate community. In excess of 200 entries were received from Cork City school children, all of which were reviewed, categorised and shortlisted. An online awards ceremony will take place in February and all work will be returned to the entrants once Covid 19 restrictions permit.
Science with Una The series of short science at home science activities were further developed in January. The videos have received positive feedback and are currently in use as a promotional tool on social media and websites of Cork City Council, Old Cork Waterworks Experience, Science Foundation Ireland and Discover Primary Science and Maths. The videos also feature as a regular article on Cork City C ouncil internal communication “The Daily Global”.
Community Content Social Inclusion
UNICORN Project: The UNICORN Project in collaboration with UCC is an Erasmus + project on Student mobility across five Cities/Universities. This is a community-based learning module which benefit the host community project with an international student from one of the other 4 universities. This was in pause due to Covid-19 but the EU have extended the period and therefore the module design and collaborations began in earnest again in January 2021. Kieran O'Connell is the lead on this project and has been in regular contact with UCC staff and the other UNICORN host Universities through Meetings. Lord Mayors Heritage Concert: A social inclusion lead event has also suffered the consequences of Covid-19 and for the obvious reasons no concert was held. To that end and to ensure the idea and memory of the Concert is not lost, we are working with the Committee and Frameworks Films to pull a compilation of the last decade of concerts together so that in the likely event this year’s concert is also lost we will have an on -line version to hand. January saw the first draft film compilation. However, additional editing is required before we show this. The committee may hold it until next September/October which is the normal date for the concert annually. Just wanted to bring it to your attention now as much work went into it over January. Covid-19 CRF: A Covid-19 Youth Response : online inter-agency brainstorming event took place on Tuesday 19 th January 2021. This was an excellent piece of broad collaboration across the youth services and many quality ideas were hatched that may add to a substantial Youth Response Programme for the Spring and Summer periods. Young people have been adversely affected by Covid-19 from a range impacts on their education, socialization, health and well-being and this attempt to produce a programme similar to the Lord Mayor’s Challenge last year with another range of interests and on-line engagements.
The Blue Vest initiative continues to pick up traction, with vests in demand all over the city. Th is month’s newest participants are an energetic group from the Shalom Park-Alberts Road area who are ready to take advantage of the pedestrian friendly Marina in the safety of their new walking attire.
Ballyphehane and Togher Community Development Project continue to be a stalwart for their communities during this challenging times. This week, they shared photos of their team of staff and volunteers providing support and care for friends across their areas, including:
Working with their local post office on the Pouladuff Road to distribute Blue Vests to allow safe exercise outdoors for vulnerable people.
Innovating with a walking challenge, the Virtual Camino Community Challenge-the next voyage will be the Wild Atlantic Way.
Food deliveries
Keeping knitting groups fully stocked up with wool and encouragement.
Learning Cities Cork presents at North American Learning City Network Webinar Cork Learning City gave a presentation representing
the European and North American Network of Learning Cities at a Webinar for the United States Coalition of Lifelong Learning Organisations COLLO in January. The Webinar, entitled ‘Learning Cities in Action’ dealt with how Learning Cities have been supporting the resilience of citizens during Covid.
Learning Neighbourhoods and Community Mentoring Cork Learning Neighbourhoods hosted a session on a Community Mentoring initiative with UCC, MTU, and Cork Education and Training Board on January. Community Response Forum Digital Divide Response Task Group meetings A series of meetings are been held with Community Groups, Schools and Educational Support Groups to identify where there are strengths and gaps in the availability of Technology, and technical supports for children, young people, families and older people. Food Response Task Group The Community Response Food Distribution Task Group has been meeting weekly to co-ordinate responses and to support the emergency food needs of vulnerable people in the city. ESRI Research Another consultation session was held with the ESRI Researcher on the Cork City Inter-Agency approach to the Community Response to Covid-19 in Cork City in 2020. The series of focus group meetings and consultations held in Dec. and Jan. will feed into a research report for Govt. on learnings from responses to the pandemic. Learning City and the SDGs at UCC Cork Learning City gave a lecture in UCC on the links with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for a University Wide Module on Sustainability hosted over 10 weeks.
Development Management The following significant Planning Applications were GRANTED permission.
TP20/39676:
Permission to complete and retain variations to Blocks A and B of permitted student apartment development (342 bedspaces) at the former O'Mahony Packaging Building, Melbourne Road, Bishopstown. Decision to grant issued on 21 st January 2021.
TP20/39535 : Permission for a change of use from office and storage use to residential for apartments on Patrick Street, Cork. Decision to grant issued on 5 th January 2021.
TP20/39681:
Permission for 2 no. light industrial / warehouse buildings at Blarney Business Park. Decision to grant issued on 25 th January 2021.
UPDATE ON STRATEGIC HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS Applications made to An Bord Pleanála under section 4 of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies, Act 2016 as amended.
No decisions made by An Bord Pleanala in relation to Strategic Housing Development applications in January 2021.
SHD in Progress
Reference 308790-20
179 no. apartments at Ballinure.
11 th January 2021
Meeting with Councillors
5 th February 2021
CE Report due
Decision Due from ABP
March 2021
SHD in Progress
Reference 308923-20
266 residential units at St Kevin’s.
28 th January 2021
Meeting with Councillors
19 th February 2021
CE Report due
Decision Due from ABP
April 2021
SHD in Progress
Reference 309059-20
1002 apartments on Former Ford Distribution Site, Centre Park Road.
25 th February 2021
CE Report due
Decision Due from ABP
April 2021
Development Management Metrics:
DM Contact Volumes by Month
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Counter Footfall
199
103
200
45
Phone Volumes
250
252
272
260
Email Volumes
354
486
260
431
Year Over Year Planning Application Information
1
Total Applications Withdrawn
0
25
Total Further Information Requested
17
7 7
Total Applications Refused
53
Total Applications Granted
37
52 52
Total Applications Received
8
Total Invalid Applications
5
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Jan 2020 Jan 2021
SHD by Month
0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
Feb Mar Apr May June July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan- 21
Preplanning
1 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 1
1
Opinions 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 2 1 Tripartite Meeting 3 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0
Preplanning Opinions
Tripartite Meeting
Section 5 Information by Month
12
10
8
6
4
2
Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Section 5 Received 6 6 3 5 4 8 6 7 11 8 6 2 Section 5 Completed 1 6 4 1 5 4 3 7 9 7 6 9 0
Section 5 Received
Section 5 Completed
Enforcement Information by Month
10 15 20 25 30 35
0 5
Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan-21 Closed Cases 14 8 4 4 3 12 12 8 8 0 7 3 New Cases 12 6 1 10 21 18 14 12 9 12 12 13
New Cases
Closed Cases
Preplanning Information by Month
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Preplanning Requests Received
23
27
15
28
Preplanning Consultations Completed
24
31
13
9
Preplanning Requests Received
Preplanning Consultations Completed
Housing Directorate Housing Progress Report January 2021
Schemes in Construction
Status *Estimated completion dates may change due to Covid-19
Scheduled
Scheme
No Units
Completion Date
Aspen Drive
29
Completed
-
Blarney Street
25
Completed
-
Phase 2A
47
Completed
-
St John’s Well
6
Completed
-
Deanrock
66
Completed
-
White Street
43
Completed
-
High Street
9
Completed
-
Farranferris
86
Tuath – construction underway
Dec-20
Corcoran’s Quay
3
Construction underway.
Dec-21
Construction underway - Respond.
Millerd Street
25
Sep-20
Carrs Hill
36
Construction underway.
Sep-20
29 & 30 Lower John Street
17
Construction underway.
Dec-20
Woodfield, Blarney
18
Construction underway.
Dec-20
Phase 2C – CNWQR
24
Construction underway.
Dec-20
Grattan Street -Good Shepherd Cork
33
Construction underway.
Dec-20
Gerald Griffin Street
13
Construction underway.
Dec-20
Ballinure Road
5
Construction underway.
Dec-20
Boherboy Road
153
Construction underway.
Dec-21 with interim phasing
Construction underway – Respond.
St. Joachim and Annes
8
Nov-20
Construction underway - Phase 2/2
166 Sundays Well Road
1
Dec-20
Construction underway - Respond.
Redforge Road
80
Dec-21
5/6 Shandon St/9 John Philpott Curran St
9
Construction underway.
Dec-20
Construction underway – Respond.
Coolroe, Ballincollig
44
Dec-20
Enabling works complete. Main contract at tender stage
Gerald Griffin Street/Burkes Avenue
42
Sep-22
Respond – Thomas Davis Street
28
Construction underway.
Dec-21
Boyces Street
51
Construction underway.
Nov-22
Green Lane, Blackpool
112
Enabling Works underway.
Dec-22
Part V and Turnkeys across the city
141
Construction underway.
Various
Coach Street
12
Contract awarded.
Mar-22
Spring Lane
8
Construction underway.
May-22
Shankiel
20
Contract awarded.
May-22
Watercourse Road
37
Construction underway.
Mar-22
Montenotte
27
Contract awarded.
Oct-22
Total:
1258
Capital Assistance Scheme (Construction)
No. of units
Scheme
Status
25
Pre-planning underway.
Respond - St Vincent’s Convent, St. Mary's Road
Total:
25
Regeneration Schemes
Scheme
No. of Units
Status
CNWQR 2B
38
Phase 2B – Due to be tendered in March 2021.
CNWQR
41
Phase 1C – Due to be tendered in March 2021.
CNWQR
21
Phase 1D West – The AHB development of 21 units commenced construction in November 2019 and 7 units have been delivered in June 2020.
CNWQR
17
Phase 1D East - Planning application submitted for Affordable Housing to be delivered by O Cualann AHB (17 units). Estimated on site by July 2021.
CNWQR
62
Phase 3B – Progress to part 8 by May 2021
CNWQR
43
Phase 4A – Progress to Part 8 by May 2021
CNWQR
24
Phase 2C – under construction. Estimate Substantial Completion June 2021
Total:
246
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