Retail 1
Overall Target to 2028
Office
Manufacturing/Light Industry
31,000
7,130
17,980
5,890
(23%)
(58%)
(19%)
Table 7.1: Disaggregated Jobs Targets to 2028.
d. New Strategic Employment Lands The Development Plan provides for approximately 243ha of zoned, undeveloped employment lands that also includes an allowance for employment from proposals within the City Centre Core, Town Centres, District Centres and mixed-use sites over the period to 2028. The Plan has taken forward some of the recommended new strategic employment lands listed in the SELS and in total identifies 7 new strategic employment locations. These have been targeted at or within close proximity of areas with higher unemployment rates as it the case with the new employment locations at Hollyhill, Clogheen, Fairhill and Ballyvolane. Lands at Blarney, Glanmire, South Link Industrial Estate have been identified owing to the proximity to successful employment facilities or where there is market demand for a location alongside the strategic road network.
An overview of the economic strategy is outlined below: a. Jobs Target and Disaggregation of Jobs Based on the analysis contained within the Cork Strategic Employment Locations Study 2021 (SELS), the projected population growth within Cork City is estimated to generate approximately 31,000 new jobs and this is later disaggregated as follows: b. Employment Land Requirement The retail jobs target of 7,130 is addressed through the retail strategy, primarily on lands already zoned for retail-related uses. The quantum of employment land to accommodate the office and manufacturing/light industry jobs projection is assessed within the SELS using international best practice whilst also taking account of the need to plan for replacement employment lands to accommodate approximately 4,000 jobs that are likely to be displaced from regeneration areas including City Docks, Tivoli and areas under regeneration influence such as Tramore Road. The SELS quantifies a need to identify 228ha of employment lands to accommodate the office/manufacturing/light industry needs of the City over the period to 2028. c. Review of Existing Strategic Employment Land Zonings The Development Plan, guided by the SELS, undertook a review of lands zoned for employment at Tivoli, the Cork Science and Innovation Park (CSIP), Ballincollig, Cork International Airport and Kilbarry and applied more realistic development timeframes or re-zoned the lands for alternative uses.
1 Representing 23% of overall new jobs generation based on a review of CSO employment sectors / workplace zones in Cork City and assuming this percentage will remain constant through to 2028. Retail employment is addressed within the Cork Metropolitan Area Joint Retail Study and Strategy (2021).
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