Submission from the Southern Regional Assembly (Submission No 400)
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
important that the focus remains on the achievement of the transformative change required for the City by 2040. A strengthening of the Core Strategy is necessary to justify the distribution growth to certain Key Growth Areas that do not have phased infrastructure requirements or detailed objectives within the Plan to assist the coordination of planning and infrastructure investment. A summary of the capacity analysis undertaken is required to strengthen the Draft Plan. A good example of where this strengthening is required is Objective 10.82 Castletreasure Expansion Area. An objective should be included to support and coordinate with the initiatives of the Land Development Agency (LDA). Recommendation 2: Strengthened Land Use and Transport Planning Led Justification for the Distribution of Growth to Key Growth Areas 2a: The Core Strategy Table 2.2 and Chapter 10 Key Growth Areas indicates a significant growth trajectory for city consolidation and expansion areas, including Key Growth Areas in the City Suburbs and Urban Towns. It is important that the distribution and phasing of growth is infrastructure led and adheres to Cork MASP Objective 7 which requires the Core Strategy to allocate the distribution of future population and employment growth with the integration of land use and transportation planning principles. Locations not accessible by existing or planned light rail corridor, suburban rail corridor, strategic bus network corridors and with high levels of accessibility by public transport (as identified in the Core Strategy and Chapter 10 Key Growth Areas) need to be closely evaluated and consulted on with the transport authorities (NTA and TII) for the final plan to ensure Cork MASP Objective 7 has been complied with in the Core Strategy
coordination of planning and infrastructure investment at a more local and site-specific level. In relation to Recommendation 2(b), the Draft Plan is vertically integrated to support the ambitious growth targets for the City established by the NPF and the RSES/MASP. In order to achieve the RSES RPO 10 Compact Growth in Metropolitan Areas and incorporate 50% of development in the City’s footprint the draft Development Plan incorporates the following essential components: • An ambitious density strategy based upon the Cork City Urban Density, Building Height and Tall Buildings Study, which establishes density targets for the City and its sub-areas based upon access to transport infrastructure and other key assets. • A Core Strategy Residential Growth Strategy that applies the density strategy to determine capacity and zone sites for the purposes of residential development to achieve the Compact Growth targets. • Development Management standards that provide policies on appropriate density, building height and quality of development. These combined policy components will ensure that the City is developed to appropriate densities with the broad range of infrastructure necessary to sustain successful residential neighbourhoods. The new adaptive challenge of Compact Growth will be delivered through the implementation of development plan policy by a very wide range of stakeholders in the development industry. In relation to Recommendation 2(c), Cork City Council agree that more work is needed to ensure the co-ordinated planning and delivery of infrastructure led growth across the different Key Growth Areas set out in the Draft Plan. This work will form a key element in the implementation stage of the Plan. Refer to the response and recommendation to the OPR submission no 426 “Observation 2”, which sets out further details in this regard.
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