[ Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028, Section 15(2) Two-Year Progress Report ]
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION
Cork City Council will seek to ensure that student housing demand is met by Purpose-Built Student Accommodation as far as possible, provided that: a. Student accommodation is provided in locations accessible to higher-level education campuses by walking, cycling or public transport, and ideally in the City Centre, City Docks, urban centres and mixed use redevelopment schemes of brownfield sites; b. At the neighbourhood level, the development contributes to a mixed and inclusive neighbourhood; c. The scheme is of a high quality and meets the needs of students. Cork City Council will support and encourage the adaptation of existing homes (consistent with NPO 35 of the NPF), infill development and the conversion of upper floors in commercial areas in principle to ensure that homes small sites and vacant space are utilised for new housing supply whilst still ensuring high standards of residential amenity for existing adjoining homes. Cork City Council will actively seek to meet the housing and community needs of older persons by: a. Supporting mainstream housing options for older people and persons with disabilities (including but not limited to physical, mental health) consistent with NPO 30 of the NPF, and RPO 182 of the RSES. b. Supporting the adaptation of existing homes. c. Promoting opportunities for right sizing / downsizing by older people within their neighbourhoods to enable sustainable social networks and support to be maintained. d. Supporting the provision of integrated housing and community development specifically designed for older people in accessible locations that allow for wider engagement with existing communities. e. Integrating community facilities within a range of housing designed for the elderly such as assisted living homes and clusters (with support), transition clusters (combining mainstream and supported living) and stepdown units (with care), and specialised care homes. f. Supporting the development of lifetime housing (Lifetime Homes Standard). g. Supporting the development of housing designed to Universal Design Standards.
Obj 3.8: Purpose-built Student Accommodation
Obj 3.9: Adaptation of Existing Homes Infill Development and Conversion of Upper Floors
Obj 3.10: Housing and Community for Older People
Cork City Council will actively seek to meet the housing need of special c ategories of housing by:
a. To directly provide and also support the development of suitable accommodation to meet the particular housing needs of Cork City’s Travelling Community through the planning process and development of new sites, the extension of existing sites and the refurbishment of existing sites in accordance with the needs identified in the Travellers Accommodation Plan. Specific development locations are specifically identified in Table 3.7 and accommodation for Travellers will also be suitable on lands zoned for purposes that accommodate residential uses, including the ZO 1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods and ZO 20 City Hinterland land use zoning objectives. b. Encouraging and supporting, in conjunction with Túsla and other relevant agencies the provision of Domestic Violence Refuge, which seek to provide appropriate Domestic Abuse Crisis Intervention Services in Cork; c. Supporting the provision of homeless accommodation and / or support services throughout Cork City; d. Supporting the provision of housing for people with intellectual disability and / or autism consistent with the National Disability Act and the policy on congregated settings. a. To sustain and renew established rural communities, by facilitating those with a rural generated housing need to live within their rural community (see Objective 11.9
Obj 3.12: Special Categories of Housing
– One-Off Housing: Demonstrable Need to Reside on Landholding). b. To discourage urban generated housing in the City Hinterland.
Obj 3.13: Rural Generated Housing
c. The City Hinterland is the area under strongest urban generated pressure for rural housing. Therefore, single rural housing applicants must satisfy Cork City Council that their proposal constitutes an exceptional rural generated housing need and satisfies all the requirements of this Plan. Any application for the development of a single rural dwelling must set out a comprehensive and conclusive demonstrable economic or social need to live in a rural area.
Obj 3.16: City- Wide Community Infrastructure Audit (CWCIA)
To explore the preparation of a city-wide community infrastructure audit and health-check over the life-time of the Plan.
To promote the co-location and sharing of community, enterprise, recreation and open space infrastructure to create community hubs of scale at locations that can be accessed by walking, cycling and public transport and subject to there being no significant adverse impacts on local amenity.
Obj 3.17: Community Hubs
Obj 3.19: Planning for Children – Orientated Facilities
To progress preparation of a tool to provide greater clarity on likely childcare, education and open space needs arising from new development proposals in Cork City.
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