CE Report on the Draft Plan Consultation Volume 2

Chief Executive’s Report on Draft Plan Consultation

Volume 2 – Summary of Submissions Received

The submission further highlights a second piece of land, a green area adjoining the church car park next to The Spires development which provides invaluable habitat for the bats which control the insects at the Lough.

The submission further elaborates that consideration should also be given to restricting the removal of green space in gardens and areas surrounding the Lough and any similar area in Cork City. Trees in this area should not be cut down without a specic application. Climate change is an existential crisis and once these green spaces and trees growing on them are gone, they are gone forever. Submission also calls for greater emphasis to be given to rehabilitating existing housing stock over new buildings citing that It is extraordinary that we are walking past derelict sites and houses, while watching cranes decimate previously green areas.

The plan needs to accelerate proper provision of public transport. The buses from town to Togher have been unreliable for at least 3 generations of Corkonians.

All new buildings/ developments/ paving over of front/rear gardens must include permeable surfaces for water car parks, concrete 'public realm' areas will only exacerbate the problem with ooding. A more holistic approach is needed - instead of a focus on density above all else.

Response and Recommendation to issues located in (Located under relevant chapter in the CE Report):

Volume 1 part 3 under Chapter 6

Cork City Submission No.:

Person:

Organisation:

193

Cork CS/BW International Group

Summary of Submission and Observation:

• We welcome the fact that the majority of objectives within this chapter support the high-level goals of compact growth and a 15-minute City. • In our opinion the floor area ratio and density targets are in many cases too low and will not achieve the critical mass of population • The city centre and the Docklands have a limited area, but it is here that there is the greatest demand for housing and office accommodation • We welcome that the plan contains improve parking minimums but feel decoupling parking provision from housing and limiting free parking Response and Recommendation to issues located in (Located under relevant chapter in the CE Report):

Volume 1 part 3 under Chapter 4