Designing for Safety and Security
The design statement should: 1. Outline how the development proposal meets relevant Development Plan Objectives, the objectives of any Local Area Plan, Masterplan, City Centre Strategy, Framework Plan or other similar Plan affecting the site, 2. Clearly set out the design principles and design concept, urban design and architectural context including a site and area appraisal, 3. Demonstrate how placemaking is at the heart of the design, and how the urban design criteria set out in the “Urban Design Manual, a Best Practice Guide” (2009) have been taken into account, 4. Include a landscape strategy to inform the site analysis and development proposal configuration, as well as detailed design of public, private and communal space, 5. Include photographs of the site and its surroundings, 6. Include other illustrations such as photomontages, perspectives and sketches.
11.13 New development proposals, including
refurbishment,extensions or alteration, and the creation of new private and public spaces, must be designed to promote safety and security, avoid anti-social behaviour and to prevent crime in line with the principles of Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED). Cork City Council may consult with a Crime Prevention Design Advisor of An Garda Síochána as part of the assessment of development proposals, and will have regard to the Guidelines on Joint Policing Committees as established under the Garda Síochána Act 2005, in order to ensure safe and secure communities and long-term sustainability of the built environment. Statements to Support Development Proposals 11.14 Development proposals should be accompanied by relevant specialist statements that address a particular issue or concern and demonstrate how these are addressed, overcome or mitigated as part of the development proposal.
Visual Impact Assessments
11.16 Cork City Council will generally require Visual Impact Assessments (VIAs) to be carried out to demonstrate the visual impact of development proposals likely to have an impact on protected views and views of special amenity value. Other relevant views to be assessed may be identified during the planning application and pre-application consultation stage. 11.17 Pre-application consultations with Cork City Council are essential to agree appropriate assessment points for views of strategic and local significance in order to enable the proper visual assessment of a development proposal. 11.18 Visual Impact Assessments will be required from panoramic assessment points for development proposals that propose to break the existing city skyline, roofscape or established building heights in an area to enable accurate assessment of their possible impact on panoramic views and vistas of important landmark buildings.
Design Statements
11.15 All significant development proposals or proposals for development in sensitive areas should be accompanied by a detailed design statement that provides a framework explaining how a proposed development is a suitable response to the site and its setting.
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