Chapter 1 I Introduction
1.6 Cork has a strong foundation on which to build this strategic vision. Cork is already a well-performing medium-sized European urban centre and a major driver of growth in Ireland. Expanding further upon this potential is crucial to enable Cork City to grow in line with national, regional and local ambitions. This strategic vision and strategic objectives will allow Cork City to flourish and develop as an internationally competitive, sustainable urban environment – a city that values its people and provides an enhanced city for people to live, work, play and visit. A New City Development Plan 1.7 The National Planning Framework sets significant growth targets for Cork City. By 2040, it is planned that Cork will be a city of international scale offering residents of the region a broader range of services and opportunities and supporting continued public and private sector investment. 1.8 This City Development Plan is the key land use and strategic planning strategy to guide the development of Cork City to achieve this strategic vision. 2020
The City Development Plan 2022 – 2028 will be the first development plan of a three-plan cycle up to 2040, the horizon year of the National Planning Framework. This Plan therefore represents the first step in achieving the ambitions of the National Planning Framework. 1.9 Development Plans have a wide stakeholder audience including local communities, developers, health services, businesses, education providers, landowners, government departments, infrastructure and utilities companies and environmental groups. Collaboration with all of these stakeholders is necessary for this Plan to succeed. 1.10 This plan sets a foundation to achieve long-term goals for Cork City that are beyond the timeframe of the plan. For example, the development of a city of neighbourhoods, regeneration of key areas of the City such as the Docklands, delivering the long-term transport plan, and establishing the city as one of the most attractive places in Europe to live and work in. These objectives will be embedded in this plan as a means to ensure that there is a strong foundation to achieve these objectives in the long-term and within the context of future development plans. An Informed Plan 1.11 This Plan brings together a wide range of sustainable planning principles based on established good practice and new thinking. In addition to the broad consultation with residents and interest groups in Cork City, the plan has been informed by a suite of studies, international comparators and socio- economic forecasts and assessments. These include: • A Joint Housing Strategy that considered the future demand for a mix of housing types and tenures across Cork City and County; • A Green and Blue Infrastructure Study that captures an evidence-based approach for the use, protection and enhancement of the City’s natural and semi-natural spaces and corridors including parks, woodlands, fields, hedges, lakes, ponds, playing fields, aquatic habitats and watercourses.
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Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 I Volume 1
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