Community Infrastructure
Community Hub
10.58 Community Infrastructure will be provided in accordance with the objectives set out in Chapter 3 Delivering Housing and Communities.
10.63 Community Hubs are multi-purpose facilities that present a community focal point and provide value for money for the public purse. They combine a range of specific community uses with space that is available for rent and can be used for a variety of purposes. Further details can be found in Chapter 3 Delivering Homes and Communities. Within City Docks it is envisaged that a Community Hub will be developed to meet the needs of the new neighbourhood. Cork City Council will seek to prepare a Community Hub Feasibility Study during the lifetime of the Plan. The Hub will likely combine a library, community centre, indoor sports facilities, primary care and youth facilities. It is possible that the hub could co-locate and have synergies with a school campus, neighbourhood centre or potentially a swimming pool or other community infrastructure.
Education and Schools
10.59 There are three zoned Education sites with the aim of meeting the primary and post- primary educational need of the City Docks. Additional educational development, such as higher educational institutes, is most likely to be accommodated within the land designated for Mixed Use development. 10.60 Two primary school sites are likely to accommodate between 2-4 primary schools and one post-primary school is likely to accommodate between 1 and 2 post-primary schools. Sports pitch needs will be met off-site within lands zoned for Sports Grounds, which are located adjacent / proximate to the proposed school campuses. These will be public facilities benefitting from optimised use and are could be all weather pitches. 10.61 Some school buildings and facilities (e.g. indoor sports halls) will be encouraged to be made available for public usage and located accordingly in the school campuses. It is Cork City Council’s preference to see the development of a Community Hub within or adjacent to one of the school campuses in order to maximise the value for money for public investment. 10.62 Cork City Council will work collaboratively with the Department of Education and Skills to enable the delivery of schools in a timely fashion to meet the needs of the catchment.
Active Recreational Infrastructure
10.64 The City Docks Neighbourhood aims to meet the needs of the community as far as possible. This includes meeting the active recreational needs of the neighbourhood for residents and workers, and also any strategic sporting requirements suited to the City Docks location. There are already national- standard sports facilities in City Docks in Páirc Ui Chaoimh and the Centre of Excellence. 10.65 Within the City Docks Cork City Council will support the provision of sports pitches at four locations: • Kennedy Spine (south); • Monahan’s Park (south of the western primary school);
• Ardfoyle Convent Lower Grounds; and • Marquee Road / Centre Park Road / Monahan’s Park
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