Chapter 3
Delivering Homes and Communities
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
density suburban housing areas benefit from improved connectivity and higher densities through: • Targets should be set for small-scale / infill developments.
sites in the City can play in providing new homes. The Plan sets out an ambitious density strategy, based on the Cork City Urban Density, Building Height and Tall Building Strategy (2021) carried out specifically to inform the preparation of the Draft Plan. Recommendation: No change.
Active infill development generally and particularly where gardens are large in size and can accommodate new development. encouragement of small-scale
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• Introducing a presumption that density targets will be complied with on infill schemes apart from exceptional circumstances.
• Redeveloping car parking areas in suburban centres.
Implement the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 to include all qualifying properties on the Local Authority's Vacant Sites Register by default.
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Objective 2.20: Vacant Sets Levy refers to the Vacant Sites Register and its application. It is a statutory requirement to include vacant sites on the Register. The management of the Vacant Sites Register is an operational matter which extends beyond the scope of the development plan. Cork City Council is committed to addressing dereliction and vacancy across the City, utilizing all available mechanisms and a suite of active land management measures. Recommendation: No change. Paragraphs 3.18-3.20 / Objective 3.4.c. seek existing buildings to be reused and that Cork City Council will utilise the available legislative tools to achieve active land and building management. The application of financial incentives is an operational matter beyond the scope of the development plan. However, these can include a range of
A number of submissions referred to the role that derelict and vacant sites / buildings can play in providing new homes and in regenerating the City and the desire for Cork to be a leader in this field. Specific suggestions include:
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