Chapter 8
Heritage, Arts and Culture
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
Locate a national science museum in Cork City, focusing on the benefits for the city, highlighting the shortage of cultural activities in Cork for families. Reference is made to the Explorium in Dublin and the presence of science museums in small cities in the UK and Europe. 1 Facilitating Social Enterprise in the new Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 . Social enterprise is responsible for a significant level of delivery of services supporting economic development. Council to work with social enterprise groups to access buildings and land, to include social clause in public procurement and to identify best practice local enterprise to promote better understanding of social enterprise. 2
While this is not a matter for the development plan, Cork City Council will work with Fáilte Ireland to prepare a Destination Plan for the City. The draft City Development Plan will accommodate such a development. Recommendation: No Change. The Draft Plan supports social enterprise: Objective 7.6 relates specifically to social enterprise and seeks ‘to encourage and support social enterprise developments in the City which by their very nature seek to tackle and address social, economic and environmental challenges’. Recommendation: No Change. While this is not a matter for the development plan, Cork City Council will work with Fáilte Ireland to prepare a Destination Plan for the City. Recommendation: No Change. The Draft Plan through policies 8.18 – 8.30 encourages best conservation practice of historic buildings in private and public ownership in the City. In addition to these policies, Cork City Council provides a number of grant schemes for the conservation of historic structures to encourage building owners to value and retain the special character of our historic structures. Chapter 8 sets out a number of objectives below that aim to preserve, strengthen and enhance the built heritage of historically important buildings in the City, including: Objective 8.4 Protection of Medieval Historic Core,
Cork City Tourist Train Project and more diverse tourism facilities in the city. Tourism business environment in Cork City is uneven and unfair catering only for the few.
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Neglected city to vibrant city, with attractive and inclusive built heritage . Support the establishment of a ‘sense of place’ in the city, through better management of older buildings and public spaces across the city. A high quality public realm between North Main Street, South Main Street and Castle Street. The Development Plan to focus on the city centre, to improve and protect the historic core areas.
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