Chapter 10 I Key Growth Areas & Neighbourhood Development Sites
22. Upper Glanmire
10.345 Upper Glanmire is located within the Hinterland northeast of Blackpool / Kilbarry and White Cross. The village is elevated with land falling southwards. Significant residential development has taken place at Ros Ard. Services include primary school, hall, fitness centre, church and public house. The vision for Upper Glanmire up to 2028 is to secure a small increase in the population of the settlement, to retain and improve local services and facilities, to create a sense of place and character, and to strengthen infrastructure provision and public transport connections.
The village population is 530 people and 156 households. New development in Upper Glanmire over the Plan period should not exceed that permitted under the Core Strategy. This requirement is to fulfil projected population targets but also to allow new development to respect the scale, character, pattern and grain of existing development.
23. Cork’s Hinterland
10.346 The City Hinterland is a large area of mainly
garden centres and nurseries, cemeteries and community and cultural uses, subject to the other provisions of this Plan. 10.349 The City Hinterland area is under the strongest urban influence. It is estimated that there are approximately 3,100 dwellings currently in the City Hinterland outside of the City Centre, suburbs, and any urban town or village, representing a population of approximately 8,700 people. 10.350 Single housing in the City Hinterland will be facilitated only where the objectives and requirements on rural housing set out in Chapter 3 Delivering Homes and Communities are met. Housing must be based on exceptional rural housing need and on the core considerations of demonstrable economic or social need to live in a rural area. Other considerations including siting and design criteria are also relevant.
agricultural land that circles the built up part of Cork City and the urban towns and forms a number of very important planning functions. The hinterland acts as a greenbelt area that prevents the sprawl of the built up part of the city into the surrounding countryside whilst also protecting the character and integrity of the rural area and the towns, villages and settlements that surround the built up parts of the City. 10.347 The primary objective of this area is to preserve the character of the City Hinterland generally for use as agriculture, rural amenity, open space, recreational uses, green and blue infrastructure and to protect and enhance biodiversity. Rural-related business activities which have a demonstrated need for a rural location are also permissible. Any development associated with such uses should not compromise the speci c function and character of the City Hinterland. 10.348 Other uses open for consideration in this zone include renewable energy development (wind turbines, solar farms), tourism uses and facilities,
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