SEA Environmental Report for the Draft Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028
+736 units per year), result in the need to for significant “catch up” in order to achieve the NPF/RSES target figures from the baseline year of 2016. Having regard to all of the above, the following population targets will be set out in the Core Strategy as part of the Draft Plan and have also informed the assessment of the three alternative scenarios presented below. Table 6.1 Available Strategic Reasonable Alternatives Population Targets for Cork City 2022-2028 Annual population target + 7,839 persons Total population target + 47,034 persons
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Description of Alternative Scenarios Targets for Growth
This section provides a brief description of the three alternatives considered. Alternative 1: City Wide Growth
This alternative applies the densities allowable under the existing land uses zonings set out in the Cork City Development Plan 2015-2022 and the relevant zonings in the Cork County Municipal District Local Area Plans (2017). As such the alternative combines Cork City Councils and Cork County Councils current land use planning approach to the recently extended City Council area. This scenario gives a full understanding of the current land use planning approach for the current Cork City administrative area, as extended on May 2019. The yields from all extant planning permissions are accounted for. Where no extant planning permission exists an average density, assumption has been applied based on the relevant land use zoning objective. Alternative 2: Transport Orientated Development This alternative focuses on the key transport routes and land use areas identified in the Cork Metropolitan Area Transportation Strategy (CMATS). A Transport Orientated Development approach is applied to future land use planning, by maximising the provision of housing, employment, public services and leisure space within close proximity to existing and future transport nodes (e.g. rail and/or bus) that are serviced by frequent, high quality services. This alternative applies different densities at different locations, as appropriate; with higher densities where sustainable transport mode opportunities are planned for (e.g. light rail transport route). The yields from all extant planning permissions are accounted for. Alternative 3: Compact Liveable Growth This alternative seeks to develop Cork City as a compact, sustainable city of scale and the regional driver of growth by creating sustainable, liveable, integrated communities and neighbourhoods while ensuring that at least half (50%) of all new homes are delivered in the existing built up footprint. A tiered approach to land use zoning us applied ensuring that new homes are provided at appropriate densities in brownfield and infill locations and in greenfield locations within and contiguous to existing City footprint.
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