Submission from the Office of the Planning Regulator (Submission No 426)
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Chief Executive’s Resp onse & Recommendation
Cork City Council are not pursuing the optional adjustment ‘E’ set o ut in the Section 28 Guidelines to facilitate convergence to NPF strategy to 2026. This adjustment is optional and exists to enable planning authorities to more gradually transition from the baseline or ‘business as usual’ scenario to the NPF ‘50:50 City’ scenario where necessary and justified. It is the position of Cork City Council that the Draft Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 aligns fully with the NPF and its associated population and household scenarios Adjustment F is not considered applicable as recent supply (row B) is not close to or exceeding demand (row D). As highlighted by the OPR, Cork City Council also proposes to apply the facility for the “Additional Provision” of zoned land in order to provide local choice set out in 4.4.3 of the Draft Development Plan Guidelines for Planning Authorities. The justification for the application of the Additional Provision for each settlement will be set out in the revised Core Strategy. The justification for the
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