Chapter 11
Placemaking and Managing Development
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Sub. No.
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
blanket colour code, specific locations should be identified and perhaps a 3-dimensional model established.
It submitted that the inclusion of the North Mall Distillery Site in the Inner Urban Suburbs is inappropriate on the grounds that:
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The Cork City Urban Density, Building Height and Tall Buildings Study has been prepared based on a series of criteria of the City and its areas. Analysis of the existing character is based upon statistical analysis of the prevailing character. The North Mall broadly conforms to the prevailing building heights of the character area. The North Mall site, while highly accessible by walking and cycling, has a low public transport accessibility level and will be difficult to serve by meaningful improvements to public transport given its context and connectivity, although the proposed LRT will have relevance to the site when it is delivered. The Cork City Urban Density, Building Height and Tall Buildings Study and Draft Plan policy is strategic in nature. Individual planning applications for major sites will be considered on their merits taking into account the policy in the Development Plan, including that set out in Table 11.1. Recommendation: No change.
• The campus is adjacent to the City Centre.
• The Lee Maltings (opposite) and the Mercy Hospital are buildings of scale. • The lands are included within the Innovation Corridor / are close to the LRT corridor. • National Guidelines seek a performance-based criteria, rather than generic limits. It is also requested that the Inner Urban Suburbs designation applied to the UCC Main Campus is not appropriate for similar reasons but also: • The campus includes buildings of building height greater than the targets. • It has potential for intensification that might mean buildings of higher than 5 storeys (RSE) are developed. It is considered that the Douglas / South Douglas Road area should be considered Inner Urban Suburb on the basis that it is walkable to town and is inherently similar to Ballintemple / Blackrock. Or in other words, the density target of 35dph-60dph is too low for this area of the City.
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In a strategic context, the area in question is reasonably homogenous in its existing character and prevailing heights and the targets indicated are considered appropriate unless a higher density can be justified on an individual site basis. Recommendation: No change.
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