Chief Executive’s Report on Draft Plan Consultation
Volume 2 – Summary of Submissions Received
Cork City Submission No.:
Person:
Organisation:
42
Peter Morgan
Summary of Submission and Observation:
• Sets out that Cork City is a low density city and this should be celebrated, embraced, protected and enhanced. The development of the City should ensure that Cork is biodiversity strong and has a strong network of open space, parks, woodlands, wild areas, allotments, gardens, as well as housing. Bio-diversity should be the driving force, where all decisions are based on environmental and aesthetic objectives in the interests of Cork City and the planetary biodiversity emergency. • Policy to ensure that real city density is measured at a variety of scales, taking into account green and blue infrastructure, open space, landscape and biodiversity (e.g. Vienna is 51% open space). • Keep the density of cities low to ensure that biodiversity is conserved and significantly enhanced; • Enhance biodiversity to policy to address the global biodiversity / wildlife challenge with real targets and development standards. • Provide ambitious biodiversity and open space (and related) development standards
Response and Recommendation to issues located in (Located under relevant chapter in the CE Report):
Volume 1, part 3 under Chapter 2 & 6
Cork City Submission No.:
Person:
Organisation:
43
Anne Cahill
Summary of Submission and Observation:
The Neighbourhood around UCC needs a clear planning strategy to address the challenges posed by accommodating students housing needs in a small area of the city within purpose-built student housing and private rental / houses in multiple occupation. • Include a policy to constrain HMOs in the area around UCC; • Include a clear policy on housing tenure in the area around UCC (e.g. targets to reduce the proportion of private rental); • Policies on how and where the student population will be housed in Cork City are required; • Include objectives to define how UCC / MTU will work with CCC to address their social responsibilities and enhance the area around by expanding the green campuses into the surrounding areas; • A policy / action plan is required to provide a strategy for developing the area around the UCC campus. • The policies on creating a liveable city, age-friendly city, family-friendly, child-friendly, 15 minute city (etc.) are just words. Development Management policies are required to actually apply these principles to the development of the city in practical terms.
Response and Recommendation to issues located in (Located under relevant chapter in the CE Report):
Volume 1, part 3 under Chapter 3
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