Chief Executive’s Report on Draft Plan Consultation
Volume 2 – Summary of Submissions Received
Cork City Submission No.:
Person:
Organisation:
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Judy Kravis
Summary of Submission and Observation:
The City Hinterland requires conserving and enhancing with regard to its special landscape, biodiversity and other GBI values (e.g. re-wetting of river valleys).
• Supports the stated objectives but requests that the objective is given greater weight in any planning decisions (quoting the case of a solar farm / connection recently given support by CCC). • Landscape Study of former County Area will provide an additional basis for protecting landscape of value. • Explore improvements to development standards in C11 (e.g. solar farms / City Hinterland protection).
Response and Recommendation to issues located in (Located under relevant chapter in the CE Report):
Volume 1, part 3 under Chapter 5, 6 & 11
Cork City Submission No.:
Person:
Organisation:
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Mick Finn (Councillor)
Summary of Submission and Observation:
• Various measures to regenerate Cork City Centre, with a particular focus on the South Parish, North / South Main Street and Shandon areas as areas in need of investment and improvement in their public realm and investment in their building stock to provide focal points for their neighbourhoods and synergy with the proposed Event Centre and Grand Parade development; • Ensure that youth service infrastructure is provided to meet the needs of the existing City, new and expanding neighbourhoods. • An objective to prepare a “plan” to develop the Douglas Street area . Consideration to be given to providing an outdoor performance space, public realm and street enhancement, and greening; • A green plaza to be developed to the front of Elizabeth Fort on Barrack Street and secondary access to the Fort to improve its capacity for events; • North Main Street plan accompanied to define integration into Shandon / surrounding areas and provide significant financial incentives to bring about investment in and effective use of buildings; • Multi-purpose youth infrastructure and facilities is provided for all major new developments (e.g. Docklands) and across the expanded city (e.g. Ballincollig).
Response and Recommendation to issues located in (Located under relevant chapter in the CE Report):
Volume 1, part 3 under Chapter 3, 6 & 10
Cork City Submission No.:
Person:
Organisation:
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Louise Jordan
Summary of Submission and Observation:
Encourage the reuse and repurposing of existing building stock.
• Regeneration of Blackpool Village, providing a new library as a community hub. • Remove proposed cycle route out of the Glen River Park. • Preserve and protect Blackpool historic centre, conserving the remaining buildings in the village centre. • Start monitoring air quality, assign each river with a status. • Increased tree planting. • New library in Blackpool and support for placemaking & urban design to regenerate the village • Bus route to Kerry Pike missing from CMATS plan.
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