Chapter 11 I Placemaking and Managing Development
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d. The quantum of purpose-built student accommodation development does not result in a neighbourhood with a disproportionate proportion of residents being students in order to ensure residential amenity and a balanced community; e. The proposed development includes ancillary uses (e.g. health services / café / convenience shop) at ground floor level in locations not served by convenient services; f. Accommodation is provided to the quantitative standards set out in National Guidelines for student accommodation; g. The proposed development includes internal communal facilities sufficient to meet the needs of the development. Schemes should include communal facilities appropriate to the scale of the development, including communal lounges; games rooms; bookable study rooms; gym; and TV / cinema room; h. The proposed development includes ancillary facilities adequate to meet the needs of the development, including refuse facilities, car parking and cycle parking; i. The building / complex is designed to minimise impacts on the surrounding area (e.g. by building noise mitigation strategies and configuration of external amenity spaces); j. At least 10% of bed spaces are designed for disabled students; k. Facility Management Plans will be required to provide a clear framework for the management of the facility to meet the needs of students and the wider neighbourhood; l. Schemes should provide for potential future adaptability for alternative uses, for example mainstream residential use, should such a scenario ever arise. Planning applications should include a “Building Adaptation to Alternative Use Strategy” to ensure that this has been considered at design stage.
11.124 To ensure the satisfactory completion of development works – such as roads, surface water drainage, public lighting and open space, including the protection of trees – on a site which has been the subject of a grant of permission, a bond or cash lodgement may be required until the development has been satisfactorily completed. The bond or cash lodgement may be sequestered in part or in its entirety at the discretion of the Planning Authority where the development has not been satisfactorily completed. The amount of such bond or cash lodgement will be determined by the Planning Authority. Purpose-Built Student Accommodation 11.125 Chapter 3: Delivering Homes and Communities sets out the targets and general locations for student housing, including close to campus, the City Centre, City Docks and locations accessible by public transport. Objective 11.6 Purpose-Built Student Accommodation Development proposals for purpose-built student accommodation will be assessed against the following criteria: a. The proposed use is consistent with the land use zoning objective; b. The proposed development provides adequate external communal space for the needs of the development, with a purpose- built student bed space being considered equivalent to a mainstream studio for the purposes of this calculation; c. The quantum of bed spaces does not undermine the ability of Cork City Council to achieve its HNDA targets;
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