[ Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028, Section 15(2) Two-Year Progress Report ]
Figure 27: Residential Activity – Greenfield and Built-up Area
RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY PER AREA TYPE (GRANTED PERMISSIONS)
RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY PER AREA TYPE (NO PLANNING PERMISSION)
80% BUILT UP AREA
51% GREENFIELD
49% BUILT UP AREA
20% GREENFIELD
Monitor of Built-Up Area/Greenfield Targets (source: Cork City Council Residential Activity Monitor)
The pie-chart on the left above shows rates of residential activity since the making of the City Development Plan for sites within the built-up area and greenfield sites. 81% of residentially zoned lands with live planning permissions are located within the existing built-up area. The remaining 19% are on greenfield sites. The pie-chart on the right above shows the remaining percentage rates of sites that are designated as being within the built-up area or greenfield. 51% of remaining residential zoned lands with no planning permission are greenfield. The remaining 49% are within the built-up area.
Remaining Land Use Capacity to 2028 The Cork City Core Strategy Residential Activity Monitor identifies that a total of 2,393 units have been built since the adoption of the City Development Plan, with live commencement notices for 8,500 units. Excluding duplicate planning permissions and active appeals, there is currently live planning permissions for +11,700 units in the city, with an additional +3,046 units pending planning permission. 645 ha of ‘new residential’ land was zoned in the City Development Plan. The Core Strategy Residential Activity Monitor keeps track of the activity on these lands, identifying active sites with 11,700 units with current live planning permissions. This leaves 467 ha with the potential to deliver 13,200 units based on Core Strategy assumptions.
Remaining Land Use Capacity to 2040 In response to Action 26.1 of the Government’s Housing for All plan, and as requested by the Department of Transport and Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Cork City Council submitted a report in May 2023 setting out opportunities for ‘transport orientated development’ (TOD) in Cork City to 2040. The report identifies 16 strategic land banks for the delivery of TOD in the short, medium and long term. These strategic locations are directly linked to key infrastructure set out in the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy (CMATS), including the new suburban rail network, strategic bus corridors, cross city greenways, light rail transit (LRT), strategic park and ride infrastructure, critical multimodal distributors routes and active travel networks. The map below identifies these locations.
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