Chapter 2
Core Strategy
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
Recommendation: See Part 3, Chapter 3 Delivering Homes and Communities. (iii) Response: This is set out in Chapter 13 to monitor issues set out in the Plan, including climate action and environment. Recommendation: No change. The Draft Plan emphasises the importance of targeted growth for the city centre, and to focus growth within existing built up areas including the city centre. The figures set out in Table 2.2 are evidence led based on a granular methodology applied to the overall plan making process, uses a bottom-up evidence-based approach to ensure the Draft Plan aligns with more strategically orientated planning policies and regulations. Cork City Council has prepared supporting studies to assess in detail the status of Cork City’s local social, physical and built environment: 1. Cork City Neighbourhood Profile 2. Cork City and County Joint Housing Strategy and Housing Need Demand Assessment 2022-2028 3. Cork City Urban Density, Building Height and Tall Building Study 4. Cork Green and Blue Infrastructure (GBI) Study
• Create connections across all sectors to harness solutions focused responses to social issues by utilising property, space and goodwill. (iii) Suggests the Development Plan should include a much environmental statement to ensure quality for all and should be incorporated as part of monitoring and evaluation of the Plan.
Core Strategy Maps, Tables and Growth Areas
These submissions request the following refinements of Table 2.2: (i) Requires review to rebalance housing development from greenfield sites to the centre of Cork City (only 7% of residential growth is in the City Centre where demand is greatest). (ii) Has concerns about the proposed growth strategy and the distribution of development proposed in Table 2.2 and states that the greatest demand for housing and commercial development is in the centre of Cork City, where development should be targeted as much as possible.
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5. Cork City Active Recreational Needs Study (Ongoing) 6. Cork City Strategic Employment Locations Study 7. Cork City Child Yield Analysis
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