[ Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028, Section 15(2) Two-Year Progress Report ]
The concentration of private rental housing remains greatest in central neighbourhoods including the City Centre, South Parish and St. Lukes (40%-57% of total stock). Mayfield, Fairhill and surrounding neighbourhoods have lower levels (2%-10%) of private housing. Private apartments, including townhouses and duplexes, are at the greatest rates in central neighbourhoods including South Parish, St. Lukes and Dennehy’s Cross (44%–82% of total stock), and lowest in Glanmire, the Glen and Tower (1%–6%). The City Centre experienced relatively strong population growth (+14%, 2016-2022) but lower levels of residential activity than other parts of city. With ongoing regeneration planned for brownfield sites and increasing re-use of existing building stock, there is potential for a significant increase to the City Centre population to 2040.
14% POPULATION GROWTH
in the City Centre between 2016 and 2022
A spike in residential units granted in Q4, 2023 was primarily due to the granting of the Goulding’s site in the Cork Docklands. This demonstrates the importance of delivery within the city’s large scale regeneration areas, in order to achieve the NPF growth targets. The city suburbs continue to deliver a solid pipeline of residential activity, however the spatial distribution of this activity reflects infrastructure planning and investment constraints. The Northeast suburb is notably behind in residential delivery, with land banks awaiting key infrastructure including the Northern Distributor Multimodal Route, the planned train station at Kilbarry (which will be in the Northwest but will benefit the future development of the Northeast) and water infrastructure. The City Hinterland settlements have seen high levels of residential activity, with Kerry Pike already surpassing its City Development Plan growth target to 2028.
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