Chapter 3
Delivering Homes and Communities
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
Housing for the Older
In order to curb under occupation of the housing stock older people living on their own could be encouraged to allow students to live with them for rent and social time. This has been trialled in The Netherlands. 67
This initiative could be led by a joint initiative of the Age-Friendly City organisation in partnership with Cork’s third -level institutions, however it is not a matter governed by the development plan. Recommendation: No change.
Housing for the Traveller Community
It is submitted that sufficient sites should be zoned for the purposes of traveller accommodation generally and in the locations identified in the TAP, including: (i) Ellis’s Yard should be zoned specifically for Traveller accommodation, and all of Ellis Yard should be zoned for Traveller accommodation and specific needs, including to provide for livestock, stabling and paddocks.
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The Draft Plan makes provision for Traveller accommodation in accordance with the Traveller Accommodation Plan 2019-2024 (TAP). Refer to Table 3.6: New and Extended Traveller Accommodation Sites. Traveller accommodation is considered a residential land use in land use zoning objective terms. It is recommended to denote known and future sites for Traveller Accommodation using a specific mapped objective and to update the Draft Plan maps accordingly. The Traveller Accommodation Plan will be updated in 2024 and the Development Plan will be varied to incorporate any changes required from the new TAP. This respects the legal primacy of the Traveller Accommodation Plan in providing the mechanism to set out the strategy for delivering homes and infrastructure to meet the needs of the Traveller Community. Progress has been made on actions from the TAP since the publication of the Draft Plan in July 2021. In relation to the specific requests: (i) Agreed , Ellis’s Yard will be identified for Traveller accommodation. (ii) Spring Lane is an existing Traveller Community Site.
(ii)
Additional lands required to be zoned for Traveller accommodation at Spring Lane. Lands required to be zoned for Traveller accommodation at the Nash’s Boreen site. Additional lands required to be zoned for Traveller accommodation at Meelagh, Mahon. Lands required to be rezoned for Traveller accommodation in close proximity to the Carrigrohane Straight Road Halting Site.
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