CE Report on the Draft Plan Consultation Volume 1

Submission from the Office of the Planning Regulator (Submission No 426)

Issues / Recommendations / Observations

Chief Executive’s Resp onse & Recommendation

Planning Authorities, Draft for Consultation (2021), the planning authority is required to review the Core Strategy and to revise as necessary to: (i) comply with the requirements of the Section 28 Guidelines: Housing Supply Target Methodology for Development Planning (2020) and Appendix 1 of the accompanying Ministerial Letter to Local Authorities of 18/12/20; (ii) provide a single core strategy table for the planning authority area as a whole which clearly identifies population growth and housing targets for each tier across the settlement hierarchy, including for each individual urban town (tier 4) and the rural hinterland (tier 5). Note: Appendix A of the Development Plans, Guidelines for Planning Authorities, Draft for Consultation (August 2021) provides a useful reference and illustrative example of a core strategy table.

• Phase 3: Capacity Constraints Assessment

• Phase 4: Application of Strategic Planning Issues

Phase 5: Identification of City Capacity

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• Phase 6: Recommendations for the Core Strategy

Having regard to the request to provide a single core strategy table for each tier across the settlement hierarchy, a revised, single core strategy table will be provided at Material Amendment stage. This table will combine the outputs of the existing Tables 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4 of the Draft Plan, as amended herein. It should be noted that the Draft Plan uses three tables in order to avoid overcomplication of detailed population and housing targets at sub-city level. The Cork Joint Housing Strategy and HNDA November 2021 was updated in November 2021 to take account of the dynamic policy context in the form of the s28 Guidelines for Planning Authorities pertaining to Housing Supply and Housing Need and Demand Assessment, as well as those for the Development Plan in draft form. Cork City Council’s proposed housing supply target has been amended to define a Housing Supply Target of 16,238 homes during the Plan period. Cork City Council’s Table 1 is set out in Table 4.7 of the Joint Housing Strategy (see below).