• Utilise conservation strategies to ensure that built heritage assets are integrated into the urban design, architecture and public realm strategies for developments; • Require inventories for each development proposal to ensure that undesignated heritage assets are recorded, understood and conserved, where possible.
Objective 10.20
The River Lee a. To ensure that the River Lee is maintained as a defining feature of the City Docks. b. To secure access to the riverside and provide walkway / cycleways (see Volume 2: Mapped Objectives). c. To update the Public Realm Strategy for the City Docks to take into account the evolving masterplan for the City Docks (north and south). d. Measures will be put in place to enhance the River Lee’s biodiversity value. e. (e) To provide new active recreational infrastructure to improve access to the river, and to repair and enhance steps and slipways.
Objective 10.22B
Development of the Odlums Buildings It is an objective of Cork City Council to • Retain the 1890-1930s built fabric at the eastern side of the block to be the cornerpiece of a newly-regenerated block to have a civic and / or publicly-accessible use with a socio- civic significance that creates a destination within the city and / or a focal point within the City Docks. The block development strategy should make a positive contribution to both the Warehouse Quarter and the Ford- Dunlop Quarter that it addresses. Appropriate uses could include cultural, educational or community uses; • Ensure that key design challenges are resolved in the development of proposals, including the need for a quantum of floorspace that balances development feasibility and built heritage value, flood resilience, flood defences on Kennedy Quay, proposals for a new Kent Station Bridge, the need for an appropriate lighting strategy to ensure that the building provides a visual focal point after dark, creating a strong relationship with Kennedy Quay and a range of other factors; • Conserve and enhance the Odlums Buildings
Objective 10.21
City Docks Character Areas It is an objective of Cork City Council to ensure that the City Docks is developed in a way that reinforces the identity and urban design, placemaking and architectural qualities of the eight character areas as distinct urban quarters. Objective 10.22A City Docks Built Heritage It is an objective of Cork City Council to • Conserve and enhance designated and, where possible, undesignated built heritage assets of the City Docks in accordance with the policies set out in Chapter 8: Heritage Culture and Arts and Chapter 11: Placemaking and Managing Development;
in accordance with the policies set out in Chapter 8: Heritage Culture and Arts and Chapter 11: Placemaking and Managing Development;
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