Chapter 10
Key Development Areas and Neighbourhood Development Sites
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
omitted and there should be no constraint on building height on the former Ted Castle site. There should be no pre-determined maximum building heights.
density is essential for the development of the area in order to enable proper planning and sustainable development. The development guidance has been informed by the Cork City Urban density, Building Height and Tall Buildings Study. The target height of 6 storeys on the riverside / waterfront has been developed to enable the waterfront to benefit from a more human scale and to limit the impact of overshadowing / environmental impacts of taller buildings on this key civic and public open space. This is a sound principle, and it is common in many waterfront cities that building height is greater stepped back from the river. This intention is illustrated in Figure 10.4 conceptually. Cork City Council considers that creating a waterfront that is attractive and usable is just as important as providing strong urban density in the City Docks. The proposed policy provides a strong planning framework that offers appropriate and generous opportunities for the developer of any site to respond to in the planning applications process. Recommendation: No change. Development tranches are a clear way of communicating the level of development that can happen with the available infrastructure. However, it is acknowledged that the Draft Plan could be clearer in communicating the delivery programme for infrastructure set out in Table 10.14. Recommendation: Provide detail on infrastructure delivery.
There is a lack of consistency between Tables 10.14 / 10.15 and Figure 10.7 and an inability to determine when projects will be delivered in the context of the URDF programme.
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Request that the Draft Plan be amended to include a clear and realistic strategy to facilitate development of the Tier 1 sites in the City Docks within the next Plan period.
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City Docks Tier 1 sites in the Growth Strategy for Housing Development (Figure 2.2, p51) have been identified on the basis that these sites have extant planning
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