Chief Executive’s Report on Draft Plan Consultation
Volume 2 – Summary of Submissions Received
Cork City Submission No.:
Person:
Organisation:
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McCarthy Developments (Cork) Limited
Summary of Submission and Observation:
• The submission requires that the following objective is added to Chapter 2 of the draft Plan:
• Objective 2.37 Cork City Council shall support and encourage development proposals that strengthen Cork City’s role as a national and regional economic driver, and that contribute to a strong, resilient, diverse and innovative economy for the City, as envisaged in national and regional planning policy. • The submission also requires that for consistency and the avoidance of doubt, this same objective should also be carried • Cork City Development Plan 2015-2021, and Cork City Council is requested to amend the draft Plan accordingly forward to Economic, Employment and Retail Development section of Chapter 11 (Placemaking and Managing Development), as follows, to ensure a balanced assessment is made in the decision-making process: • Objective 11.14 Cork City Council shall support and encourage development proposals that strengthen Cork City’s role as a national and regional economic driver, and that contribute to a strong, resilient, diverse and innovative economy for the City, as envisaged in national and regional planning policy. • The submission requires that the Core Strategy of the draft Plan must be amended to include a specific section on the economy, including employment targets for all areas of the City, based on the projected 31,000 jobs to 2028 set out in Chapter 7 of the draft Plan.
In relation to car parking the submission requires the following: • It is requested that the parking standards for office developments should remain as they are under the current.
• The draft Plan is amended to include a detailed definitive map showing the respective car parking zones to eliminate any ambiguity as to which zone a particular location belongs.
Appendices attached to submission: Appendix 1 Report of Cushman Wakefield Appendix 2 Report of Atkins
Response and Recommendation to issues located in (Located under relevant chapter in the CE Report):
Volume 1, part 3 under Chapter 3, 4, 7 & 11
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