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City Centre &Cork Docklands
Specific Zoning Request
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Map No. Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
(vi) the setting for the proposed metropolitan landmark building for the city and region with an appropriately scaled and attractive waterfront amenity area within the site. Recommendation: No change. Correct typographical errors with respect to “ZO 6 Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods City Centre ” (page 533 of Draft Plan). In order to provide for the needs of the new City Docks neighbourhood it will be essential to ensure that adequate educational facilities are provided to meet the needs of the community. The Department of Educational and Skills have undertaken an assessment of the schools needs for the City Docks and have concluded that 3-4 primary schools and 1-2 post-primary schools will be required for the purposes of meeting the needs of the new community (as set out in Chapter 10 / City Docks of the Draft Plan). The Department is also in the process of preparing a City Docks Schools Feasibility Study to illustrate how the educational sites would be developed. The DES require sites zoned Education to be adjacent to public open space and / or sports grounds that can be managed to allocate the use of thos e facilities for the purposes of school “playtime” and sports activities. All three zoned Education sites in the City Docklands are required. Arguably additional education lands are required to serve the future docklands community once fully built out. A reduction in the quantum of land for Education is not feasible.
Proposed rezoning in eastern South Docks from “ZO 13 Education” to “ZO 5 Mixed Use Development” and from “ZO 17 Sports Grounds and Facilities” to “ZO 13 Education”, so that a single schools educational campus can be developed to serve the South Docks.
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