Chapter 6
Green and Blue Infrastructure, Open Space and Biodiversity
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
Active Recreation and Open Space
City Parks
(i) Submissions are made regarding an increase of green spaces and parks: • Creation of more urban parks, green areas and public plazas. • Replacing parking lots or brownfield sites with green areas.
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The need to enhance and develop further green spaces in the City is a key strategic goal for the City Development Plan and this is highlighted in Strategic Objective 5 as well as Objectives 6.18 and 6.19. Objective 6.17 Open Space Strategy states that Cork City Council will seek to prepare a citywide Open Space Strategy during the life of this Plan to ensure that Cork City has a framework to define strategy, projects and standards to ensure that Cork City will have an excellent network of open spaces to meet the needs of its residents. Recommendation: No change. The need for tourism and amenity services is set out in the Development Plan which highlights tourism as a key objective for the cork City Green and Blue Infrastructure Strategy (set out in Table 6.2). Table 6.4 details a number of City Scale Green and Blue Infrastructure Opportunities, these include promotion of destination based recreational activities and support for GBI-based tourism attraction within Cork City, noting ‘This GBI attraction shall promote Cork City as a key location in Ireland for tourism based on GBI and seeking to increase GBI and nature based tourism in Cork City by 50% by 2040.’ Cork City Council is committed to preparing a citywide Open Space Strategy which will define strategy, projects and standards to support a network of open spaces in Cork City. This is set out in Objective 6.17. Recommendation: No change.
• Request of an audit of all Cork Parks to fill gaps.
(ii) The submission supports initiatives that promote hospitality, tourism and amenity services and thereby contribute to the open space, sports and recreation development of Cork City. The submission shares a site that has been identified that can support those objectives.
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