Chapter 10
Key Development Areas and Neighbourhood Development Sites
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
space for the small gigs, the pop up shows, the secret raves, to breathe life into our night time, which in turn provide employment and amenities for our citizens. A clear vision is required as to how the city centre will be developed, managed and promoted in the coming years. While there have been a number of successful and large- scale public and private led developments which have strengthened its position, the city centre’s recent success and relative strengths should not disguise some of its immediate challenges and important vulnerabilities present, particularly in the historic centre. As such, there is a need for Cork City Council to set a number of deliberative future development objectives to be underpinned by a number of strategic initiatives directed at promoting revitalisation and incentivising growth in certain pockets of the historic core. A schedule of street cleaning should be published.
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The Development Plan sets out a strategic vision for the City Centre and specific actions will be more appropriately included as part of the upcoming City Centre Revitalisation Action Plan. Its preparation and outcomes are supported in Objective 10.1. Street cleaning schedules are operational matters. Recommendation: Amend paragraph 10.18 as follows: Cork City Council has commissioned a new five-year action plan (Cork City Centre Revitalisation Action Plan 2021-2025) to address the land use and economics of Cork City Centre, and ensure it is developed as a vibrant and viable core to Metropolitan Cork. This will be used to guide the ongoing efforts of building the City Centre’s attractiveness as a place to live, work and visit. This is set within the context of addressing the challenges of COVID-19, along with continuing to improve the fabric of the City Centre by addressing dereliction, vacancy and underutilisation of space. The Strategy will be available in Quarter 2, 2021 2022. The City Development Plan sets out a strategic overview for the City Centre, mentioning the Grand Parade transformational site in paragraph 10.22. Recommendation: No change.
The new urban realm proposals for the Grand Parade and South Main Street area are driven by a need to complete and connect development proposals at the former Beamish and Crawford site rather than to reinforce the identity of the Medieval City and Spine that connects Barrack Street to the Shandon Area. Not giving the Medieval City a character identity through the public realm is a lost opportunity.
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