Submission from the Southern Regional Assembly (Submission No 400)
Issues / Recommendations / Observations
Chief Executive’s Response & Recommendation
The Draft Plan contains strong support for the role of Cork Airport as an economic driver and strategic employment location, which is consistent with the RSES and Cork MASP. Recommendation 4: Integrated Land Use and Transport Planning for Designating Strategic Employment Locations 4.1 : The SRA have concern that for certain site designations under Objective 7.10, access to the strategic road network is evident with less analysis presented on the justification for the site designations in land use and transport planning terms. The RSES seeks the integration of employment land use with sustainable transport planning. Strategic employment locations under the RSES and MASP need to achieve high levels of accessibility by public transport. Coordination with the transport agencies NTA and TII, an evaluation of the designations with land use and transport planning integration a key criteria, identification of infrastructure packages required and confirmation that final designations support the objective of CMATS will strengthen the Draft Plan. It will demonstrate compliance with the RSES and Cork MASP, especially Cork MASP Objective 7 Integrated Landuse and Transport Planning, Cork MASP Objective 8 CMATS and Cork MASP Objective 12 Infrastructure for Strategic Employment Locations. This strengthening is also required to demonstrate compliance with RSES RPOs 153 Capacity of Inter-Urban Road Connections, RPO 154 Land Use Plans, RPO 155 Managing the Region’s Transport Assets and RPO 151 Integration of Land Use and Transport.
Park and agreed with the TII, subject to finalisation of the M20 route corridor design. b. Modify Strategic Employment Site 4 It is proposed to modify Strategic Employment Site 4 (Glanmire) into 2 parcels of land in order to facilitate the proposed Cork Northern Transport Project and set out the future placemaking parameters for site, including its connectivity with planned public transport services. This strategic land bank is proposed to be sub- divided into 2 parcels as follows: 1. Site 4A to provide logistics uses; and 2. Site 4b to provide for light industrial uses. c. Re move “Strategic Employment Site” designation from Strategic Employment No. 5 (South Link Road) and rezone to “ZO 4 Long Term Strategic Regeneration” to reflect its role as a future, long-term regeneration site. It is further proposed to rezone a wider area (described below under Recommendation: ) to “ZO 4 Long Term Strategic Regeneration” and to prepare a framework plan for a wider area than currently proposed in the Draft Plan. Recommendation: (x) Retain Strategic Employment Site 1 (lands adjoining Blarney Business Park) with updated text requiring access to be via the existing Blarney Business Park subject to finalisation of the M20 route corridor design. (xi) Modify Strategic Employment Site 4 (Glanmire) into 2 parcels of land in order to facilitate the proposed Cork Northern Transport Project and set out the future placemaking parameters for this light industrial landbank. The overall site shall be subject to a masterplan to ensure connectivity to adjacent uses and accessibility to planned public transport infrastructure (bus terminus) at Sarsfiel d’s Court Hospital. This strategic land bank is proposed to be sub-divided into 2 parcels as follows:
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