Chapter 3
Delivering Homes and Communities
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
There is a lack of ‘downsizing’ options for older people who wish to move from their family homes within the City. Many older people wish to stay in their neighbourhoods, if possible. This affects all housing tenures. The City should incentivise development of bungalow developments and infill projects suitable for ageing residents, in existing neighbourhoods to give people the option to stay and free up their family homes for families.
267, 296, 431, 432
The Draft Plan requires a mix of dwelling sizes to meet the forecast household size, notably in Objective 3.6: Housing Mix, Chapter 11/Objective 11.2: Dwelling Size mix. ‘Objective 3.10: Housing and Community for Older People (Age Friendly Housing)’ specifically promotes opportunities for right sizing / downsizing by older people within their neighbourhoods to enable sustainable social networks and support to be maintained. Recommendation: No change. Purpose Built Student Accommodation is being developed to meet defined student housing need. The Draft Plan sets out specific objectives and criteria for Purpose Built Student Accommodation. Limited tourist use of student accommodation outside of academic term times is currently facilitated under legislation, however conversion to co-living or other uses would be subject to planning permission. Recommendation: No change. Paragraph 3.40 of the Draft Plan states, “In order to make Cork City attractive to students it is important that the cost of accommodation is affordable to the student population. Within Cork City new PBSA schemes will not be subject to the provisions of Part V of the Planning and Development Act. During the lifetime of the Plan a scheme will be developed to apply Part V requirements to student housing developments.”
Purpose-Built Student Accommodation
There is too much student housing being developed in the city centre. The mix is not sustainable-there are no permanent residences planned and it is inevitable that the student accommodation will change to co-living or tourist accommodation.
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Purpose built student accommodation must be affordable for students from ordinary families. This must be stipulated when planning permission is granted. There is a shortage of student housing, and the loss of student housing should be resisted despite short-term market considerations due to Covid-19.
51, 67, 412
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