Submission from the Office of the Planning Regulator (Submission No 426)
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Chief Executive’s Resp onse & Recommendation
1.2.7. Standardised Land Use Zoning
Consideration should be given to the feasibility of adopting the standard land use zoning categories set out in the Draft Development Plan Guidelines.
The land use zonings set out in Chapter 12 of the Draft Plan align with the zoning categories set out in Appendix B of the Draft Development Plan Guidelines. The Draft Plan includes 22 individual land use zonings, grouped under 6 general use categories: Residential, Urban Centres, Employment, Community and Infrastructure, Open Space and Amenity, and Cork Airport. This largely corresponds to the recommended standardised zoning objectives in the Guidelines, applied specifically to the Cork City context. Recommendation: No change (other changes to land zonings are set out elsewhere in this Report). These proposed zonings have been reassessed. (i) “ ZO 2 New Residential Neighbourhoods ” at Carrigrohane to the east of Ballincollig These are greenfield lands. There are number of key ecological resources on the site including a well-developed and complex treeline. The proposed ZO 2 New Residential Neighbourhoods zoning on these lands in the Draft Plan is not consistent with the selected development scenario for the city – Compact Liveable Growth – upon which the Draft Plan is based. The zoning of this site at this time could promote lower-density development with associated negative impacts on climate change, green and blue infrastructure management, the need for new physical and social infrastructure, and the successful delivery of a compact, vibrant city of neighbourhoods. These lands are located between Ballincollig and the western edge of Cork City’s western suburbs, in an area indicated in Fig. 2.8 Cork City 2040
1.2.8. Development Approach for Settlements
There are significant concerns about proposed zonings between Ballincollig and the city and suburbs (ZO 02 New Residential Neighbourhood to the east of Ballincollig and ZO 03 Tier 3 Residential Neighbourhoods on the western periphery of the city and suburbs), and at Ardrostig (adjacent the south of the N40 on the southern periphery of the City, in addition to the extensive undeveloped / underdeveloped ZO 01 Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods lands). Recommendation 6 - Development Approach for Settlements Having regard to the National Strategic Objective for compact growth under the NPF, the provisions of NPO 72c, the planning authority is required to remove proposed land use zonings: • ZO 02 New Res Neighbourhood and ZO 03 Tier 3 Residential Neighbourhoods at Carrigrohane to the east of Ballincollig; and
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