Section 3
Blarney / Tower
Specific Zoning Request
Sub. No.
Map No. Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
that enhanced access to Blarney or indeed Stoneview will not be required. (iii) Irish Water Irish Water have indicated that there is a water services infrastructure deficit in relation to the Ringwood and Stoneview area which may prohibit the development of these lands in the short to medium term. (iv) Alignment with National and Regional Guidance The Draft Plan including the relevant sections in relation to Blarney are fully compliant with National and Regional Guidance. The Plan does not state that Tower and Kerry Pike are on the rail network and the ambition enhanced linkages between these 3 settlements is based on improved bus services,
walking/cycling and off road infrastructure. (v) Population, housing and zoning allocations
The allocations as afforded to Blarney in Draft Plan to be appropriate considering the infrastructural availability at present and its unique identity and heritage asset. Blarney is recognised as a standalone town for census purposes and within the National Planning Framework and Cork City Council will be guided by the requirements of NPO 3c which requires the delivery of at least 30% of all new homes that are targeted in settlements other than the five Cities and their suburbs, within their existing built-up footprints. Taking into account recommendations set out elsewhere in this Report, in relation to the a pplication of “ZO 3 Tier 3 Residential Neighbourhoods” (see OPR Submission 426, Recommendation 5), it
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