Section 9
South Eastern Suburbs & Hinterland
Specific Zoning Request
Sub. No.
Map No. Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
• effects on the adjacent Cork Harbour SPA as a result of loss of grasslands where birds feed and increases in amenity usage, • effects on other ecology and ecological connectivity, including the Douglas River Estuary pNHA, • loss of an extent of soil function arising from the replacement of semi-natural land covers with artificial surfaces, and
• adverse visual effects in an area of high landscape value.
There are sufficient lands available in Douglas for district centre uses, including brownfield sites where the future retail and mixed- use needs can be met. It is therefore considered that the proposed rezoning of this parcel of land is not justified and would lead to unnecessary and potentially significant adverse effects on the local environment and would be contrary to the objectives to maximise sustainable compact growth and sustainable mobility. Recommendation: No change. Agreed. Paragraph 7.85 ‘District Centres and Large Urban Town Centres’ of the Draft Plan specifies Douglas as a ‘district centre’. Recommendation: Change zoning of Douglas District Centre from “ZO 7 Urban Town Centre” to “ZO 8 District Centres”, to reflect is status in retail hierarchy.
The zoning of Douglas Woollen Mills to be changed from “ZO 7 Urban Town Centre” to “ZO 8 District Centres”.
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