Volume 1 Written Statement

Objective 2.4 Cork Metropolitan Area Strategic Plan To develop Cork City in a manner that strengthens the role of the Cork Metropolitan Area as an international location of scale and a primary driver of economic and population growth in the Southern Region. Objective 2.5 Regional Investment To identify and seek investment packages into the Cork Metropolitan Area from European and Government Exchequer funding streams that help deliver population and job targets, prioritise infrastructure led investment and quality of place. Objective 2.6 Strategic Objectives Prioritise the development of areas in accordance with the 9 Strategic Objectives (SO’s) of the Core Strategy, as set out in Table 2.1, including areas which are experiencing and/or are likely to experience large scale development or regeneration within the plan period. Objective 2.7 Long Term Planning To support a longer-term strategic planning approach to help safeguard strategically impor- tant lands necessary to deliver future compact growth in Cork City in line with the NPF 2040.

Objective 2.1

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals To integrate the UN SDGs and the NPF’s National Strategic Outcomes into land use planning and management of Cork City through specific development objectives that will be monitored and reviewed.

Objective 2.2

National Planning Framework Targets

Cork City Council will align with the National Planning Framework (NPF) to achieve the ambitious growth targets set out for Cork City and Metropolitan Area up to 2040. The Council will apply local planning policy approaches in combination with active land management measures to help achieve these targets.

Objective 2.3 National Development Plan Investment Cork City Council will actively support the planning, design and delivery of capital invest- ment in the National Development Plan (NDP) and other investment programmes that maximise delivery of infrastructure-led growth, deliver compact liveable growth and climate action to make the city an attractive, diverse and resilient place to live.

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Cork City Draft Development Plan 2022-2028

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