Chief Executive’s Report on Draft Plan Consultation
Volume 2 – Summary of Submissions Received
Cork City Submission No.:
Person:
Organisation:
350
Kitty Sedgwick
Summary of Submission and Observation:
• Cork City Council has a huge opportunity in Ballyvolane Urban Expansion Area (UEA), to ensure that development conforms to all of the strategic objectives laid out in both the city development plan and the Cobh and Municipal District Area Plan. With up to 3,600 new homes planned for the area, this is a real chance to use international best practice on new housing to achieve the strategic objectives around liveability, cycling and walking, green and blue spaces and the 15 minute city. • The North Ring Road and Ballyhooly Road should have protected bike lanes. There is a disgraceful lack of cycling infrastructure on the north side with topography often quoted as the main issue, however whole sections of the area around Ballyvolane/Mayfield are flat. Cycle paths linking schools, shops and homes should be a priority. • Glen River Park- this park is a biodiversity oasis in the city and should be preserved as such and not ‘developed’ with the use of hard landscaping or cycle paths. As the park has been earmarked for development/funding this should take place in the form of Designation as a Natura Site including the upper extension of the site. • Chapter 1: access to the planning process and submissions is unnecessarily difficult and exclusionary. For true citizen engagement, a plain text version of the document should have been available with area specific documents produced based on the mapped objectives. • Vacancy and Dereliction measures to include: payment of the levy yearly on derelict properties, CPOs on properties derelict more than 2 years, ensuring upper floors be used for accommodation in the city centre, ensuring street access is maintained for upper floors, destruction of heritage buildings
• A greater focus should be placed on supporting the nighttime economy in Cork, and facilitating spaces for night time events.
• More green spaces required on the north side of the city.
Response and Recommendation to issues located in:
Volume 1 part 3 under Chapter 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 & 11
Cork City Submission No.:
Person:
Organisation:
351
Murnane O’Shea Limited
Summary of Submission and Observation:
• Welcomes and supports the proposed zoning of the Castletreasure Expansion Area. • Consider that the issues and concerns raised by TII have been fully addressed in the design and assessment of the M28 Motorway Scheme and by the applicant in consultation with Cork City Council, since the City Boundary Extension. • Cork City Council’s decision to identify and zone the Castletreasure Expansion Area is in full compliance with the recommendations and methodology defined in the NPF for the zoning of greenfield expansion lands; • Evidence based material on the potential impact of the Castletreasure Expansion Area on the operational capacity of the M28, was provided during the assessment of the M28 Motorway Scheme and subsequently by MHL Consulting Engineers in accordance with a methodology defined by Cork City Council.
• Both of these assessments support the zoning of the subject lands by Cork City Council.
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