Section 7
North Western Suburbs & Hinterland
Specific Zoning Request
Sub. No.
Map No. Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
limited capacity for additional development given the shortfall in infrastructural servicing for the settlement. Recommendation: No change. The overall scale and nature of this proposed zoning change is significant and would require evidence based support in the form of economic and environmental studies to underpin it. The Draft Plan sets out an economic strategy. The proposed rezoning would constitute a significant erosion of the City Hinterland area, would promote urban sprawl into the surrounding rural area and set an undesirable precedent, impacting on infrastructure in the area. The proposed rezoning would not align with the principle of compact growth that underpins the Draft Plan. Recommendation: No change. It is considered that the recommended zoning change is acceptable and would reflect existing land uses. Recommendation: Change zoning of area specified from “ ZO 16 Public Open Space ” to “ ZO 17 Sports Grounds and Facilities ” .
The submission seeks to identify c.18.34ha (c. 45.33 acres) of lands at Rathpeacon, Cork as a new Strategic Employment Location for the north of the City, and to rezone these lands from “ZO 21 City Hinterland” to “ZO 10 Light Industry and Related Uses”, to facilitate the development of a new sustainable Business Park.
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Submission requires that landholding in Coghleen / Kerry Pike is rezoned from “ZO 16 Public Open Space” to “ZO 17 Sports Grounds and Facilities”. The area that is zoned “ZO 16 Public Open Space” covers a playing pitch, tennis courts and associated areas. “ZO 17 Sports Grounds and Facilities” is a more appropriate zoning that reflects what is in place. Proposed rezoning of 5.8 ha of lands at Fairhill from “ZO 16 Public Open Space” to “ZO 01 Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods”, to facilitate and support the availability
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These lands are part of the proposed future lands for the North West Regional Park, which is a key regional objective as well as a long term City Development Plan objective for the North West of Cork City.
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