[ Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028, Section 15(2) Two-Year Progress Report ]
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE
DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVE DESCRIPTION
a. To encourage a mix of tourist accommodation including hotels, hostels, Bed and Breakfast, and Guesthouses to cater for a broad tourist market. b. To encourage the development of a range of new and enhanced visitor accommodation options in Cork City. This includes working with stakeholders to explore opportunities to provide motorhome parking facilities for short-term stays. a. To support the preparation of the Cork Metropolitan Area Joint Retail Study and Strategy with Cork County Council and support and implement the Retail Hierarchy in defining the role of retail centres, in preparing plans and in assessing development proposals for retail development. b. To maintain and strengthen the role of Cork City Centre as the primary retail centre in the Cork Metropolitan Area. c. To ensure the resilience of Cork City Centre to changing trends in retail demand. Appropriate opportunities to further diversify the City Centre as a place to live, work and socialise will be encouraged. d. To promote the vitality and viability of District Centres, Urban Town Centres and Neighbourhood/Local Centres and support their development as multifunctional centres which provide a variety of uses that meet the needs of the communities they serve. To protect and enhance the role of Cork City Centre as the primary retail centre in the Cork Metropolitan Area and the region by facilitating the continued regeneration and modernisation of existing building stock and supporting appropriate new development, coupled with a range of complimentary residential, leisure, recreational and cultural uses and investment in the public realm. To support the vitality and viability of District Centres and Ballincollig Urban Town Centre by enhancing their mixed-use nature and ensuring they provide an appropriate range of retail and non-retail functions appropriate to the needs of the communities they serve. In addition to retail, these centres must include community, cultural, civic, leisure, restaurants, bars and cafes, entertainment, employment and residential uses. In terms of retail, the emphasis should be on convenience and appropriate (lower order) comparison shopping, in order to protect the primacy of Cork City Centre. The development of District Centres at Ballyvolane, South Docklands and Hollyhill will also be supported to meet the day to day needs of their existing and or planned catchment populations. To support, promote and protect the Urban Town Centres of Blarney and Glanmire, which play an important role in the local shopping role for residents and provide a range of essential day to day services and facilities. In order to support planned population growth in these centres, some additional retail development of an appropriate scale and size may be directed to these centres. Cork City Council is committed to part-take as a key stakeholder and consultee in the preparation of a Cork Harbour Planning Framework Initiative, in coordination with other Local Authorities and stakeholders in the harbour area, as required under RSES Objective 79 and Cork MASP Objective 3 Cork Harbour, during the lifetime of the Plan. Cork City Council supports the preparation of an agreed framework to guide planning policy in managing the future development of the Cork Harbour Economy (CHE) as set out in RPO79 of the RSES to ensure that the sustainable development of the area not only harnesses the economic and social benefits to the City-region but also ensures that biodiversity, flora and fauna both within and outside protected sites are considered via the appropriate SEA and AA mechanisms. Cork City Council will work with Fáilte Ireland, NTA and other stakeholders to improve visitor orientation and wayfinding as identified in the Visitor Orientation Strategy and Action Plan for Cork City. a. To protect and preserve archaeological monuments listed in the Sites and Monuments Record (SMR), Record of Monuments and Places (RMP) and the Wreck Inventory of Ireland Database (WIID). All sites can be accessed on the Historic Environment Viewer (www.archaeology.ie). The National Monuments Service will be informed of all development proposals which relate to Sites and Zones of Archaeological Interest. b. Cork City Council will have regard to the relevant national statutory policies and guidelines, including Frameworks and Principles for the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage and to best practice guidance documents published by the Heritage Council and the Institute of Archaeologists of Ireland. c. To preserve the character and setting of the medieval city wall and defences, which is a National Monument, according to the recommendations of the Cork City Walls Management Plan (2007) and the National Policy on Town Defences (2008). d. To promote the retention, reuse, and enhancement of buildings and other elements of architectural, archaeological and other significance. e. To ensure that development reflects and is sensitive to the historical importance and character of the city and its hinterland, in particular the street layout and pattern, plot sizes, building heights and scales. f. To improve and encourage access to and understanding of the architectural and archaeological heritage of the City. a. To celebrate Cork as a city of culture and to support the further development of Cork as a centre for arts, culture and creativity. b. To grow Cork’s cultural capacity by retaining and attracting creative practitioners to live and work in Cork. c. To support the continued advancement, participation and collaboration of arts and cultural services through the implementation of the forthcoming Cork City Arts Strategy (2021 – 2025). d. To creatively engage citizens in shaping Cork's cultural identity through implementation of the Creative Cork Strategy 2018 – 2022 and its successors. e. To protect and enhance the cultural amenities of the city including the conservation, protection and enhancement of Cork City’s natural, built and cultural heritage. f. To ensure the preservation and promotion of the cultural identity of Cork’s urban and rural city neighbourhoods.
Obj 7.26: Visitor Accommodation
Obj 7.27: Strategic Retail Objectives
Obj 7.28: City Centre
Obj 7.29: District Centres and Ballincollig Urban Town Centre
Obj 7.30: Blarney and Glanmire Town Centres
Obj 7.38: Cork Harbour Planning Framework
Obj 7.39: Wayfinding
Obj 8.1: Strategic Archaeology Objective
Obj 8.11: Strategic Arts and Culture Objective
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