Built Heritage
8.18 Cork’s built heritage contributes significantly to the city’s identity and the richness and diversity of its urban fabric. The street pattern, local architectural building styles, the form of buildings and spaces, civic buildings, medieval streetscape, the Georgian urban extension, and areas of Victorian architecture along with our industrial heritage and distinctive 20th Century architecture contribute to creating the sense of place. 8.19 Protected Structures and Recorded Monuments are protected through national legislation. Policy delivery in this Plan is through the development management planning process and through the Cork City Council Heritage and Biodiversity Plan. 8.20 Sympathetic maintenance, adaptation and re-use can allow architectural heritage to yield aesthetic, environmental and economic benefits to the city, even when the original use may no longer be viable. Conservation can be recognised as a good envi- ronmental choice as the reuse of buildings rather than their demolition contributes to sustainability by retaining the embodied energy of buildings and reducing demolition waste. In some cases, it is also more cost effective to renovate than demolish and rebuild.
8.22 The effect of the designation of Protected Structure status is to ensure that any changes or alterations to the character of the building are carried out in such a way that the existing special character is retained and enhanced. Therefore, works that would in the opinion of the City Council, have a material effect on the character of the structure, require planning permission. 8.23 Demolition of a Protected Structure will not be permitted except in exceptional circumstances. 8.24 Where it is proposed to alter or demolish a Protected Structure, either partially or totally, a full record of the structure and its significant elements shall be prepared to best conservation practice. 8.25 Any proposals for alterations or extensions to a Protected Structure should ensure that there is no damage to the special character of the Protected Structure. Any extensions should be appropriate in terms of architectural design, treatment, character, scale and form to the existing protected structure.
Protected Structures
8.21 A Protected Structure is a structure which is considered to be of special interest from an architectural, historical, archaeological, artistic, cultural, scientific, social, or technical point of view. The Record of Protected Structures (RPS) is a list of the buildings held by a local authority which contains buildings considered to be of special interest in its operational area. Further information on Protected Structures is available in the publication A Guide to Protected Structures in Cork City while the Record of Protected Structures is contained in Volume 3 of this Plan.
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