Chapter 10
Key Development Areas and Neighbourhood Development Sites
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
Ensure explicit support in the Development Plan to improve the density and height at the Cork Education and Training Board’s city centre facilities, particularly at St John’s College. In a Suburban / Urban split, City Centre developments such as St John’s, must seek sustainable development and expansion through careful and sympathetic increases in height and density while achieving improved quality of amenity in the surrounding city context.
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These are specific issues relating to specific buildings and are beyond the scope of the Development Plan. Policy on building height and density is set out in Chapter 11 Placemaking and Managing Development. Recommendation: No change.
City Docks
Strong overall support for the strategy / objectives is provided, subject to comments set out below. A number of submissions support the ambition to ensure that the City Docks is developed as an exemplar development for regeneration and design quality in Europe. It is suggested that a Framework Masterplan is required in the first instance which can incorporate, or subsequently inform an urban design strategy for specific character areas and this should set out the principles and approach and key opportunity sites to support and enable the area to come forward over time. In the absence of the lapsed South Docks Local Area Plan (2008), a framework masterplan is required to enable the delivery of an integrated, high-quality development where infrastructure delivery is delivered in step with housing and employment growth. Cognisance should also be had as appropriate for the potential role of new Urban Development Zones
This support is welcomed. This is core value for the City Docks project for Cork City. Objective 10.18 sets out the vision for the Cork Docks Exemplar. Recommendation: No change. A proposed Framework Masterplan for the Docklands will be essential to ensure that development comes forward in an integrated, logical, planned and timely manner with due regard to the infrastructure requirements and costs and phasing. Objective 10.17 sets out the requirement for masterplans for the north and south docks. Recommendation: No change.
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