Chapter 10
Key Development Areas and Neighbourhood Development Sites
Please see “ Part 4 – Land Use Zoning and Mapping ” of this Report for submissions relating to requests for changes of land use zoning objectives for sites.
Submissions included in this Chapter relate to Key Development Areas and Neighbourhood development sites and do not propose changes to land use zoning objectives per se.
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
City Centre
These submissions relate to issues of vacancy and dereliction and support bringing derelict buildings back into use particularly for housing and developing vacant sites. Measures such as vacant site levies and Compulsory Sales Orders are supported to achieve this. These submissions relate to the South Parish area of the City Centre including Douglas Street and Barrack Street as well as the historic spine along North Main Street to Shandon. The South Parish area generally requires enhancement including improvement of the public realm on Douglas Street, Mary Street, Barrack Street and around St. Finbarre’s Cathedral. Traffic calming is required on Douglas Street and Abbey Street and the living environment and tourist potential of the area including St. Finbarre’s Cathe dral, Elizabeth Fort and Nano Nagle Place needs to be enhanced. Better cycling facilities and coach parking are required. These areas are integral to the historic, cultural and economic life of the city and more open spaces need to be provided such as a re-imagined “Elizabeth Fort Market Square” to create an outdoor
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Paragraph 10.9 states that Cork City Council will use its powers through active land management measures to address vacancy, dereliction and under- utilisation of property in the City Centre. Recommendation: No change. Paragraph 10.3 “Quality Attractions and Night - time Economy” as well as Objective 10.8 “City Centre Tourism” of the Draft Plan recognises the need to expand the draw and offer of the Cultural Precincts at South Parish and Shandon including targeted measures of investment at Elizabeth Fort, promoting the historic spine located between these areas including Barrack Street and North Main Street. While the Development Plan functions as a strategic document, the upcoming City Centre Revitalisation Plan will set out more specific targeted measures and is the more appropriate document to achieve and distil these overarching aims. Paragraph 10.18 sets out how the Revitalisation Plan will be used as a guide to the on- going efforts of building the City Centre’s attractiveness as a place to live, work and visit. These issues can also be further progressed through the City Centre partnership. Since the Draft Plan was put on public display, the Report of the Night-time Economy Taskforce has been published. Paragraph 10.15 and Objective 10.10 City Centre Night-time Economy will be amended to take account of this.
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