[ Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028, Section 15(2) Two-Year Progress Report ]
INTRODUCTION The Core Strategy set out in Chapter 2 of the City Development Plan forms the heart of the Plan, setting out the nine Strategic Objectives and identifying population, housing and employment targets as well as city-level infrastructural requirements. The focus of this chapter is on providing an update on data and information linked to the Core Strategy’s main objectives. Maps, tables and charts track how these objectives are being delivered in the city, consistent with National and Regional objectives and investment priorities. The growth strategy set out in the City Development Plan is based on the City Capacity Study (2021) which identified underutilised sites, brownfield and infill sites and greenfield land, which together form the residential growth capacity of the city. The planning activity of these sites is monitored to assess which of these sites are active, have live planning permission, commencement notices or have been delivered. This Residential Activity Monitor provides a snapshot of the status of the residential sites across the city. This chapter analyses the residential activity trends along with spatial development patterns for themes such as demographic change and modal share. As explained in the Introduction to this report, this chapter assesses trends beyond the monitoring timeframe that defines the rest of this report – particularly between the two most recent Censuses in 2016 and 2022 – and considers primarily those lands identified in the Core Strategy which are reflected in “Figure 2.21 Cork City Growth Strategy” of the City Development Plan. It is important to consider the progress achieved in implementing the City Development Plan in its first two years in the broader planning and development context. Conversely, the “Strategic Objective 2 Delivering Homes & Communities” chapter considers only developments since the making of the City Development Plan on 8th August 2022.
This chapter is set out in the following sections:
• An Executive Summary provides an assessment of the overall key findings. A summary of the main findings is also provided at the start of each section.
• Section 1 – Residential Activity Monitor tracks activity within all residential sites identified in the Core Strategy.
• Section 2 – Spatial Development Patterns looks at key spatial trends within the city’s network of neighbourhoods, including household size, tenure mix and modal share.
• Section 3 – City Development Trends tracks data and sets out key indicators to allow for a greater understanding of progress made in delivering the Plan’s key strategic objective, Strategic Objective 1: Compact Liveable Growth.
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