Section 6
North Eastern Suburbs & Hinterland
Specific Zoning Request
Sub. No.
Map No. Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
of this area which was typified by large 18 th and 19 th century houses with associated designed landscapes. The proposed rezoning to allow 50% development would result in the development of what is a sensitive site and would be too intensive and would go against the original intention of the Landscape Preservation Zone. Objective 6.10 of the Draft Plan commits to undertake a new city- wide City Landscape Strategy during the lifetime of the Development Plan to ensure that the management of development will have regard for the value of the landscape, its character, distinctiveness and sensitivity. Recommendation : No change. The subject site in Banduff has been zoned for residential use for some time, including currently in the 2017 Cobh Municipal District Local Area Plan. A Strategic Housing Development was refused within the last few years on this site by An Bord Pleanála for reasons relating to prematurity pending the finalisation of the route of the Northern Distributor Road, and notably not on the principal of residential uses on this site. Given the scale of development there will be areas within the site set aside for public open space. There is a significant amount of land zoned for Public Open Space uses adjoining the site which will cater for existing and proposed residents. In addition, a strip of land on this site adjoining the riverbank is proposed to be zoned “ZO 16 Public Open Space” in the Draft Plan. Recommendation: No change.
Proposed rezoning of lands in Banduff from residential to open space to provide for a children’s pl ayground.
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