Strategic Objective 9 Environmental Infrastructure
To develop a compact, sustainable City by ensuring the creation of attractive, liveable, diverse, safe, secure and welcoming and well-designed urban places, communities and neighbourhoods that enjoy a high quality of life and well-being. Proposals for new development will follow a design-led approach with sustainable, high-quality, climate- resilient placemaking at its core. Development should have a positive contribution to its receiving environment delivered by innovative architectural, landscape and urban design, that respects the character of the neighbourhood, create a sense of place, and provide green spaces and community and cultural amenities commensurate with the nature and scale of the development.
Overarching Development Principles 11.5 All development in Cork City should: 1. Contribute to the creation of a sustainable and compact city of neighbourhoods and communities, 2. Be aligned with the development and growth strategy set out in the Core Strategy, 3. Encourage people, jobs and activity within the city centre, urban towns and suburbs, 4. Integrate climate resilience and green practices from design to implementation stage, 5. Integrate alternatives to the private car in their design, prioritising walking, cycling and public transport, 6. Be permeable and connect with its surrounding context and environment, 7. Facilitate inclusivity and equal opportunities for all, 8. Not have detrimental impacts on receiving environment.
Placemaking
11.6 Placemaking is about creating quality places and communities where people want to live, work and play. It is about creating sustainable neighbourhoods and a sense of place. All development should consider how it creates or contributes to quality places and communities and the principle of placemaking shall be a primary consideration for all development. 11.7 Placemaking is a central focus of this Plan and is key to releasing the vision for Cork City set out throughout this Plan. One of the key strategic principles of this Plan (set out in Chapter 1 Introduction) is to develop a city of neighbourhoods and communities, and placemaking is a key component of developing liveable neighbourhoods. 11.8 Placemaking also relates to community identity and creating high-quality places for people by providing high-quality homes, public services, community and social infrastructure, sustainable and active travel facilities, green spaces, cultural amenities, delivered utilising excellent design.
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Cork City Draft Development Plan 2022-2028
Volume 1 I Chapter 11
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