Retail
7.76 In addition to hotel rooms, alternative formal visitor accommodation types are essential for providing a choice of facilities to meet the different needs of visitors. This includes exploring opportunities to provide short-term stay motorhome parking facilities with associated services. 7.77 In the majority of cases, hotel accommodation should be delivered within the City Centre and Urban Town Centres where public transport capacity and associated visitor services are most prevalent. In all instances, development or conversion proposals to provide visitor accommodation should be located close to existing or planned public transport corridors with greater emphasis on sustainable transport options and significant adverse impacts on residential amenity avoided facilities are located adjoining or close to residential development.
Introduction
7.78 This section aims to promote the vitality and viability of the main retail centres in Cork City and encourage their function as mixed-use centres into the future. The Cork Metropolitan Area Joint Retail Study and Strategy 2021 is currently being prepared on behalf of Cork City Council and Cork County Council in accordance with the Retail Planning Guidelines for Planning Authorities (2012) and it is envisaged that upon completion, its findings will be incorporated into the adopted Cork City Development Plan. This section focuses on the overarching policies relevant to the retail sector in the City.
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