Chapter 2 I Core Strategy
Objective 2.20
Objective 2.18 Supporting Strategies and Studies The supporting strategies and studies that inform this Plan shall be used as an evidence-based approach to help inform policy making and development management guidance and decisions for new development proposals in Cork City.
Central City Area Framework Plan To co-ordinate and enable active land
management with the delivery of key infrastructure and regeneration projects, Cork City Council will prepare a framework plan for the existing and emerging built environment in and around the central city area. The plan will seek to co-ordinate the delivery of compact liveable growth by facilitating the planning and design of the following land use related issues: a. Active land management of strategic underutilised sites; b. Inter connections between the City Centre, City Docks and Tivoli Docks; c. Enable high levels of mobility connecting BusConnects Cork, the proposed LRT route and the emerging Lee to Sea Greenway; d. Land use planning around planned transport interchanges; e. Built Heritage and Conservation, including maritime heritage; f. GBI implementation, Natural Heritage, and Biodiversity management; g. Co-ordinating Placemaking objectives at a local level; h. River Transport and Mobility (including water-based transport and recreation); i. River use management to balance demand and potentially conflicting interests. Objective 2.21 National and Regional Economic Driver Cork City Council shall support and encourage development proposals that strengthen Cork City’s role as a national and regional economic driver, and that contribute to a strong, resilient, diverse and innovative economy for the City, as envisaged in national and regional planning policy.
Objective 2.19
Urban Area-Based Planning
In line with emerging policy on Urban Development Zones (UDZs), as set out in the Government’s (2021) Housing for all A New Housing Plan, Cork City Council will consider the application of UDZ designation for strategically important and large-scale areas of growth identified in the Core Strategy. Reflecting the Housing for All Plan, these UDZs will focus on the following: a. Design and delivery focused planning; b. Addressing infrastructural constraints in a sustainable manner; c. Delivering Transport Orientated Development; d. Integrating development potential within the context of an existing or merging neighbourhood or city area; e. Planning and delivery of physical and community infrastructure; f. Delivery of Compact Liveable Growth, in accordance with this Plan’s objectives.
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