Chapter 2
Core Strategy
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
designed in such a way as to permit and facilitate off peak usage by the community and voluntary sector, i.e. halls, meeting rooms, sports facilities and equipment, for use on evenings and weekends. This is very much in line with best practise in e.g. new build libraries, to extend the offering which infrastructure and development has for communities. (ii) Calls for a scoping exercise of existing spaces, locations and buildings in pilot areas to: • Determine demands for space in which areas of City and which fields of professionalism
growth Cork City through a series of existing and emerging neighbourhoods, urban towns and settlements. Chapter 3 (Delivering Homes and Communities) includes on a wide range of objectives on community development related issues including specific objectives for Planning for Sustainable Neighbourhoods (Objective 3.1) and delivering a Diverse, Inclusive and Equal City (Objective 3.2) Chapter 11 (Placemaking and Manging Development) includes overarching principles and development management standards on placemaking, cityscape, neighbourhood and community development, building heights and densities. These standards will be used to guide future planning applications as part of the implementation of the plan. The following responses and recommendations are provided to the individual issues raised: (i) Response: The Draft Plan includes a wide range of objectives on community development related issues. The request for all new development to deliver flexible spaces for off peak community uses is too generic to apply as a condition on all planning applications. This can result in over provision and under use. A more bespoke approach to meeting local need and demand for community facilities and spaces can be explored through Objective 3.16 (see (ii) below) and on a case-by-case basis. Recommendation: No change (ii) Response: Chapter 3 of the Draft Plan includes Objective 3.16 (City-Wide Community Infrastructure Audit): To explore the preparation of a city- wide community infrastructure audit and health-check over the life-time of the Plan. The issues raised can help to further inform this objective.
• Underutilised space
• Barriers to accessing these spaces
• Investigate Cork City Council Spaces, Community Spaces (Community centres, sports centres, schools, etc.), Business Spaces (New Developments, Industrial Estates) • Create more access to spaces for Community Organisations • Support groups around inclusion and increasing connections
• Improve the utilisation of spaces in the City
• Improve connections between local and national government, communities and business interests
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