Chapter 3
Delivering Homes and Communities
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
(vi) Land parcel to the south of Saint Anthony’s Park, Hollyhill to be zoned “ZO 1 Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods”. A mapped symbol to be placed over the site and the existing Traveller Community Site. (vii) Written objective to develop a “Horse Project” to provide pasture, stabling and buildings to meet the needs of Saint Anthony’s Park (see response to submissions no 421). (viii) A mapped symbol to be placed over Meelagh Park site as a whole. (ix) Update Table 3.6: New and Extended Traveller Accommodation Sites as required. Objective 3.12 specifies that Traveller accommodation will be suitable on lands zoned for purposes that accommodate residential uses, “including ZO 1 Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods and ZO 21 City Hinterland”. Other land use zoning objectives also accommodate residential uses and it is considered that Traveller accommodation as a residential use, will be facilitated under such
In regard to the provision for housing for Cork’s Travelling Community, it is considered appropriate to allow Traveller suitable accommodation on lands zoned beyond what is provided for in the current draft plan, notably ZO2 and ZO3, and outlined under in Chapter 12.
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zoning objectives. Recommendation: No change.
The Draft Plan does not include any reference to transient sites to facilitate Traveller nomadism.
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The Traveller Accommodation Plan (TAP) has legal precedence over the Development Plan with regard to defining and providing for Traveller accommodation needs. The development plan has incorporated specific recommendations made by the TAP. The TAP does not specify a defined location for a Transient Sites to facilitate Traveller Nomadism. The Development Plan will be updated by means of a Variation to incorporate the provisions of the Traveller Accommodation Plan 2024-2029. Recommendation:
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