Strategic & Economic Development Urban Orienteering Route
We are launching a competition for the first Urban Orienteering route through the Architectural Conservation Area of Shandon. The route will be marked by 5 checkpoints which will be designed by members of the public and will encourage participants to engage with architectural heritage in a healthy and fun way. The website will be launched during Heritage Week with the winners announced in October and the route officially launched in November. Cork City Development Plan
Public Consultation
To have your say in the review of the existing development plan you can make a submission online at the citydevelopmentplan.ie or at https://consult.corkcity.ie/ , you may also make a hardcopy submission and send it to the Director of Services, Strategic and Economic Development, Planning Policy, Floor 2, New Civic Offices, City Hall. The closing date for submissions is Friday 21st August 2020 at 4.00pm. To make sure you have your say in shaping Cork City's Future. Cork City Council engaged with the public in several other ways, including a public opinion survey, web inars and the young people’s photographic competition. Full details are available at corkcitydevelo pmentplan.ie.
Meet the Planner
One-to-one meetings with our planners took place to help anyone interested in engaging with the new city development plan. These sessions took place between 9am-1pm on 12th and 13th August, 2020 . These meetings took place in line with COVID-19 Government advice.
Webinars
As part of the development plan process Cork City Council has sought to engage with members of the public and interested parties through a variety of means, including a public opinion survey and the holding of two webinars, each with a very different focus. The first webinar, Our City Our Future: Learning from International Experience, was held on Thursday 23 July 2020 and featured speakers from Freiburg and London, with a focus on developing Cork as a compact and liveable city. The participation rate was impressive and about 130 people tuned into the event until its conclusion. The second webinar, Our City Our Future: Addressing the Challenges, was held on Wednesday 29 July and featured speakers from UCC, the National Transport Authority and private architectural practice, with a focus on tackling climate change, transport strategy and creating liveable cities. This second webinar was also heavily subscribed, with about 110 participants tuning into the event for its duration. Videos of the both event will be uploaded to the City Council’s www.corkcitydevelopmentplan.ie website for the benefit of those that couldn’t be present for the events. Tourism Elizabeth Fort Re-opened to the Public Elizabeth Fort was officially reopened by the Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Joe Kavanagh, on 21 July 2020. With a new management team on site the Fort welcomed over 700 visitors in its first ten days.
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