CLIENT:
Cork City Council
PROJECT NAME: REPORT TITLE:
Cork City Electric Vehicle Charging Strategy
SEA Environmental Report
4.4 Landscape, Seascape and Visual Amenity The landscape of Cork City is formed by a unique set of natural and built elements that have evolved over time. The distinctive ridgelines and topography to the north of the city are formed by the lower ranges of the Boggeragh Mountains to the north-west and the Nagle Mountains to the north. The southern ridges belong to the Shehy Mountains, the peaks of which lie to the east of County Cork. The rivers Lee and Sulhane merge around Macroom to the west of the county, and flow east along the post-glacial valley into the Lee proper, through Cork City, into Lough Mahon, Cork Harbour and south into the Atlantic Ocean. The Port of Cork is a port of national significance and a significant driver of economic development in the Cork region. The Port of Cork is considered a ‘Tier 1’ Port by the Southern Regional Assembly RSES. The Cork City Council Landscape Study (2008) 30 divides the city into 8 Landscape Character Areas. Areas of High Landscape Value display an intrinsic landscape character and a special amenity value. Landscape Preservation Zones are areas in need of special protection as their character and amenity value is considered to be to highly sensitive to development. These must be considered when assessing planning applications. In addition to LCAs, areas of High Visual Amenity have also been identified in the City. These are presented in the table below. Table 4-3: Landscape Character Areas and Areas of High Visual Amenity Environmental Features Description Landscape Character Areas (LCAs) • Estuarine / Riverine • Natural Harbour
• Sub-urban Residential • Urban Sylvan Character • Historic Urban Core • Urban Industrial / Commercial / Institutional • Fine-grained / inner-city residential • Rural Agricultural
• Glen River Corridor / sections to the south of Bride river corridor • St. Finbarr’s Diocesan Seminary Grounds • Lee Fields • Sunday’s Well / Mardyke • Southern slopes of Tivoli and Montenotte ridges • Glanmire Woods / Glashaboy river corridor
Areas of High Visual Amenity
• Lee Fields • Mardyke • UCC grounds • The Lough • St. Finbarr’s Cemetery
30 Cork City Landscape Study (2008). This Study referred to the pre-2019 City area, and Cork City Council will undertake a revised landscape study that addresses the entirety of the administrative area including the urban towns, villages and suburbs.
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