Chapter 3
Delivering Homes and Communities
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
The quality of vision and execution of the draft chapter is to be commended.
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This support is acknowledged and welcomed. Recommendation: No change.
Strategic Objective 2 Delivering Homes and Sustainable Neighbourhoods
To increase the population of Cork City in line with the Core Strategy. To deliver sustainable, liveable, integrated, safe, responsive, healthy and child friendly communities and neighbourhoods. To ensure that new homes are provided at appropriate densities in brownfield, infill and greenfield locations within and contiguous to existing City footprint identified in the Core Strategy, and aligned with transport, community and social infrastructure. To ensure that new homes are provided with a good mix of accommodation types and sizes to meet the needs and abilities of all members of society. To achieve a higher quality of life for Cork City’s communities, promoting healthy living, wellbeing and active lifestyles. To ensure that placemaking is at the heart of all development to create attractive, accessible, liveable, well - designed, child-friendly, playful, and healthy, safe, secure and welcoming, high-quality urban places. To promote the concept of a 15-minute city focused on inclusive, diverse, healthy and integrated neighbourhoods served by a range of homes, amenities, services, jobs and active and public transport alternatives. Proposals for new development will demonstrate how placemaking is at the heart of the development and how
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Cork is a designated World Health Organisation Healthy City since January 2012 and Cork City Council has committed to improving health of residents for the city and developing a process and structure to achieve this. This is supported by a Healthy City Action Plan 2020-2030. The minor amendments proposed include safety, health, child-friendly and for all abilities which are further supported through Cork City Council’s Corporate Plan’s Vision, High Level -Goals and Strategic Objectives. Strategic Objective 2 in the Draft Plan is covers a wide range of development. Our built environments, public realm and public spaces play a significant role in our health, wellbeing and enjoyment of our city. The comments in the submissions are aimed at this strategic level and are constructive in improving this Objective. Recommendation: Amend Strategic Objective 2 as follows: …To deliver sustainable, liveable, integrated , safe, healthy and child friendly communities and neighbourhoods. … To ensure that new homes are provided with a good mix of accommodation types and sizes to meet the needs and abilities of all members of society. …To ensure that placemaking is at the heart of all development to create attractive, accessible, liveable, well - designed, child-friendly, playful, and healthy, safe, secure and welcoming, high-quality urban places. …
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