Cork City Council’s strategic policy is based upon the Cork City and County Joint Housing Strategy and Housing Need and Demand Assessment (HNDA). These provide a comprehensive review of the available data and make clear recommendations to ensure that Cork City Council is meeting its NPF-derived targets, ensuring need and demand are met, and providing guidance on the breakdown of housing required.
Objective 11.1 Sustainable Residential Development Residential developments shall be sustainable and create high quality places which: a. Contribute to placemaking and to the 15-minute city and walkable neighbourhood concepts. b. Prioritise walking, cycling and public transport, and minimise the need to use cars. c. Deliver a quality of life which residents and visitors are entitled to expect, in terms of amenity, safety and convenience. d. Provide a good range of community and support facilities, where and when they are needed and that are easily accessible. e. Present an attractive, well-maintained appearance, with a distinct sense of place and a quality public realm that is easily maintained. f. Are easy to access for all and to find one’s way around. g. (g) Promote the efficient use of land and of energy, and minimise greenhouse gas emissions. h. (h) Provide a mix of land uses to minimise transport demand. i. Promote social integration and provide accommodation for a diverse range of household types and age groups. j. Enhance and protect green and blue infrastructure and biodiversity. k. Enhance and protect the built and natural heritage.
Sustainable Neighbourhoods
11.64 Cork City Council is committed to ensuring that the City’s neighbourhoods meet the needs of their residents and provide the necessary community infrastructure in accessible locations (as set out in Chapter 3: Delivering Homes and Communities). 11.65 Community facilities are facilitated in a wide range of land use zonings, refer to Chapter 12.
New Residential Development Placemaking and Quality Design
11.66 When assessing proposals for residential
developments a broad range of issues will be assessed, including (this list is not exhaustive): 1. Design quality (urban design, architecture, landscape, biodiversity, DMURS, SUDS) 2. Site features and context 3. Residential Density 4. Building height 5. Residential mix (dwelling type, size, tenure, and specialist housing) 6. Existing neighbourhood facilities and the need for additional facilities. 7. Integration with the surrounding environment in terms of built form and the provision of walking / cycling permeability.
Cork City and County Joint Housing Strategy
11.63 Chapter 3: Delivering Housing and Communities provides the strategic context to this chapter, which aims to ensure that new housing developments will be to an excellent standard by ensuring that minimum standards are met or exceeded.
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Cork City Draft Development Plan 2022-2028
Volume 1 I Chapter 11
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