SEA Environmental Report for the Draft Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028
(d) Cork City Council will seek to ensure that the tourism strategy within medieval historic core and in area/setting of historic monuments should draw on its archaeological heritage and should reflect a strong and authentic sense of place. Objective 8.11 Strategic Arts and Culture Objective (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 ensure that the nurturing of the arts and associated services is part of the planned development of Cork City and its urban and rural neighbourhoods. (f) 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. (g) To ensure the preservation and promotion of the cultural identity of Cork’s urban and rural city neighbourhoods. Objective 8.12 Cork as a City of Culture To celebrate Cork as a city of culture and to support the further development of Cork as a centre for arts, culture and creativity; Cork City Council will aim to further expand and improve on the provision of such facilities and consider cultural provision in development management. Objective 8.13 Cork’s Cultural Capacity To grow Cork’s cultural capacity by retaining and attracting creative practitioners to live and work in Cork. To this end Cork City Council will seek to: (a) Ensure that cultural facilities are not lost from existing buildings in redevelopment proposals i.e. where the redevelopment of sites/buildings which include an existing cultural facility is proposed that this facility is replicated/re-housed in the new development. (b) Support the development of vacant premises and sites in the City Centre for arts and cultural uses. (c) Support the development of infrastructure for artists including spaces for artists to live, work and exhibit. (d) Ensure the retention and facilitation of artistic/design based educational institutions in the City. Objective 8.14 Cork City Arts Strategy To support the continued advancement, participation and collaboration of arts and cultural services through the implementation of the Cork City Arts Strategy (2021 – 2025). Objective 8.15 Creative Cork Strategy To creatively engage citizens in shaping Cork’s cultural identity through implementation of the Creative Cork Strategy 2018 – 2022 Cork City Council will seek to: (a) Invest in long term engagement in creative collaboration. (b) Recognise youth culture as a creative force and an art form for Cork City. (c) Creatively engage our citizens in Archaeology, built, natural and cultural heritage. (d) Creatively use our public space for our communities through one large scale cultural public event each year. (e) Recognise Cork City as an intercultural city. (f) Recognise the contribution of Cork creatives to Cork’s identity as a city of culture. Objective 8.16 Arts and the Public Realm To ensure that the nurturing of the arts and associated services is part of the planned development of Cork City and its urban and rural neighbourhoods and to enhance the cultural use of public realm spaces, Cork City Council will: (a) Stimulate cultural activity in Cork’s public spaces including greater use of empty premises and outdoor spaces. (b) Prioritise high-quality, design-led approaches to public realm enhancement. (c) Provide for cultural and family uses in planning of public realm development projects. (d) Observe principles of placemaking in public realm development projects. (e) Implement the Arts Strategy for Cork Docklands Public Realm as part of the Docklands Development (f) Protect and enhance built heritage through development for cultural uses where necessary, appropriate and feasible. (g) Continue to promote and encourage the provision of public art in large scale developments, in public parks and other public spaces. (h) Ensure that all construction projects undertaken by Cork City Council which are supported by Government funding are considered for the ‘Per cent for Art’ Scheme. Objective 8.17 Conservation of the City’s Built Heritage (a) To seek to ensure the conservation of Cork City’s built heritage. (b) To ensure that Cork’s Built Heritage contributes fully to the social and economic life of the city and to pursue actions that ensure Cork’s built heritage will benefit from good custodianship and building occupation. Objective 8.18 Reuse and Refurbishment Historic Buildings (a) The City Council will actively encourage the re-use of historic buildings in the interests of conservation and environmental sustainability to minimise waste and optimise on the embodied energy in existing buildings. (b) Uses which will have a minimal impact on the character of historic structures will be encouraged. (c) Alterations will adhere to best practice conservation standards. (d) The reinstatement of lost features and removal of unsympathetic additions will be encouraged where appropriate. (e) It is recognised that the protection and retention of historic buildings within the medieval city, has the dual advantage of protecting the rich archaeological resource and the Recorded Monument of the City Wall.
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