6.30 Strategic and local landmark buildings have been identified so that linear views of these buildings can be protected through the management of development. Strategic landmark buildings are those that are widely appreciated due to their visual prominence and the role that they play in helping people to orientate themselves within the City. Local landmark buildings are important within the City’s neighbourhoods due to their local visual prominence. While an illustrative list of local landmark buildings is provided, other local landmark buildings will emerge during the Plan period through the development management process, and where these are identified important linear views to these buildings will need to be taken into consideration. 6.31 Rivers corridors provide expansive views of the City and rural areas and are strategically important views along rivers, whether they are from quays, bridges or riverbanks. Development proposals visible from river corridors will need to be assessed in terms of their visual impact on the river corridor. This will be especially important where a development proposal is in the visual context of landmark buildings, Architectural Conservation Areas or landscape protection designations. 6.32 Within the Hinterland area a number of scenic routes of amenity value benefit from protection with the aim of ensuring that the natural beauty of these routes is maintained. The objective of the designation is to manage development along these routes in order to ensure that distinctive landscape value and quality is maintained. 6.33 These views are listed in Volume 3: Built Heritage Objectives.
View Management Framework
6.25 Cork City offers a visually striking landscape that combines urban settlements with rivers, ridges, spaces, streets, rural hinterland, as well as fantastic buildings that we are all proud of. The views of Cork that we experience help define our understanding of the City – its character and identity. 6.26 In general, the City is appreciated by most people from viewing locations along the River Lee and its tributaries and from elevated locations. Within rural areas outside of the City there also a number of scenic routes through attractive landscapes that are appreciated by large numbers of people. 6.27 Cork City Council seeks to manage development through its View Management Framework in order to protect the views and prospects of special amenity value and the amenities of places and features of natural beauty or interest, where these are not protected by other objectives of this Plan. These views are seen from places that are publicly accessible and well used and include significant buildings or urban landscapes that help to define Cork City at a strategic level. 6.28 These views represent at least one of the following: 1. Panoramas that offer expansive views of the City. 2. Linear views to landmark buildings. 3. River corridor views. 4. Scenic hinterland routes. 6.29 Panoramic viewing locations are either from places that are accessible to the public as public spaces or are accessible to the public. Within these views Strategic Landmark Buildings / Strategic Cityscapes and Strategic Landscapes are identified. Within the life of this Plan Cork City Council will seek to enhance key panoramic viewing locations by, for example, provide seating, wayfinding and interpretation information. Additional panoramic viewing locations offering special amenity value may be identified in future, for example in future public park developments or where public access arrangements can be agreed.
City Hinterland Landscape
6.34 Landscape with high landscape value or high landscape sensitivity are of Citywide or national importance. In the City Hinterland there are large areas of High Value Landscapes that are required to be protected. High sensitivity landscapes
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