Executive Summary
Section
Key Issues Raised
High-level Summary of Main Recommended Amendments
Chapter 11 Placemaking & Managing Development
• Densities for outer suburban areas need to be increased to realise “15 - Minute City”
• Density targets for the Outer Suburbs are being increased from 35-60 to 40-60 dwellings per hectare
• Lack of policy direction for digital signage
• New section on “Digital Advertising/Signage”
• Include reference to Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets (DMURS) Quality Audits
• Additional text reference to “Other Design Audits” such as “Pedestrian and Cycling Audits”
Chapter 12 Land Use Zoning Objectives
Numerous land use zoning and mapping requests (just under half of all submissions)
Individual recommendations for each request provided in Part 4 of this report
Chapter 13 Implementation
Clarity required on how Development Plan objectives will be monitored
Further detail on monitoring the implementation of Development Plan objectives will be provided at Material Amendment and final Plan stages
Appendices including SEA, AA & SFRA
• Reference Cork Harbour Planning Framework
• New objective on Cork Harbour Planning Framework
Reference geothermal energy
New objective on geothermal energy
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• Strengthen reference to protected European Sites
• Amended objectives in relation to European Sites
• Finer granularity on Justification Tests will be provided
• Additional Justification Tests for SFRA required
• Additional text on flooding and climate change will be provided
• Additional text on flooding and climate change
• Geological Survey Ireland (GSI) recommend inclusion of datasets.
• Recommend datasets to be included in the SEA ER.
• Flood zones will be overlain onto land use zoning maps
• Overlaying of flood zones onto zoning maps
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