Chapter 3
Delivering Homes and Communities
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
Submissions are concerned that the expansion of University College Cork and Munster Technical University over the last 40 years has been unabated and without due consideration of the impacts on the surrounding neighbourhoods. It is considered that any continued expansion should be contingent on the completion of a Cork City Third-Level Education Expansion Strategy and Impact Assessment. This will consider the impacts of the expansion so far and that set out in the masterplans of the two institutions and establish sites / frameworks for future expansion. In particular, if the impacts on the permanent residential communities was properly understood then this could lead to appropriate planning policy and controls that would mitigate those impacts and provide the ability for continued expansion. The identification of future expansion sites should be a collaborative process at a strategic city level in order to ensure that the impacts and necessary mitigations are properly understood. This will require civic leadership on the part of Cork City Council. It is requested that paragraph 3.75 / Objective 3.24 be updated to refer provide explicit support in principle for the implementation of UCC’s Masterplan Review 2021 which provides a framework for the development of the physical environment of the campus that will support the learning, research, and academic ambitions of the university. Section 8.3 of the RSES supports the Implementation of University Masterplans as drivers of economic growth.
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Cork City Council works with third-level education providers in relation to their development and expansion in a sustainable manner. Cork City Council will work with stakeholders to examine the potential of a Cork City Third-Level Education Expansion Strategy and Impact Assessment. Recommendation: No change.
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Cork City Council supports the ongoing development and provision of third level education, further education and lifelong learning in the City, and will continue to work with the education providers to ensure their facilities can be upgraded and expanded to meet their requirements (Objective 3.24 of the Draft Plan). Recommendation: Amend paragraph 3.75 / Objective 3.24 to reflect the RSES to support the development of Third-Level Education and Further Education and cite the
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