Chapter 6
Green and Blue Infrastructure, Open Space and Biodiversity
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
Biodiversity
General
The Cork City Heritage and Biodiversity Plan, Climate Change Adaption Plan and Green and Blue Infrastructure Plan set out objectives and practical actions to improve, enhance and restore the biodiversity of the city. These plans have targets and key performance indicators by which the effectiveness of these actions can be measured. The Draft Plan sets out objectives in respect to biodiversity which includes to protect designated and non-designated sites of biodiversity importance and to implement the plans outlined above. In addition, a tree management strategy is being produced for the City. The Draft Plan contains objectives in relation to Green and Blue Infrastructure. In terms of ‘real city density’, new development proposals will accommodate areas of public open space appropriate to the scale and type of development proposed. There are objectives in the Draft Plan, including Objectives 6.17, 6.18 and 6.19 and zoning objective “ ZO 16 Public Open Space” which effectively safeguard the requirement for public open space provision. Recommendation: No change. The Cork City Heritage and Biodiversity Plan, Climate Change Adaption Plan and Green and Blue Infrastructure Plan set out objectives and practical actions to improve, enhance and restore the biodiversity of the City. These plans have targets and key performance indicators by which the effectiveness of these actions can be measured. In addition, a tree management plan for the city is being produced. It is considered that the Draft Plan addresses the issue of biodiversity loss appropriately. Recommendation: No change.
(i) Submissions requesting Biodiversity as a key infrastructural component of the city • Requesting multiple roles of biodiversity in connection to the plan and asks for significant targets to integrate biodiversity throughout the city including creating credible biodiversity spaces. • Ask for policy to ensure that real city density is measured at a variety of scales, taking into account green and blue infrastructure, open space, landscape and biodiversity (e.g. Vienna is 51% open space).
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(ii) The submission proposes additional policies that halt biodiversity loss.
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