Chapter 3 I Delivering Homes and Communities
• Consolidate and enhance existing neighbour- hoods so that they offer an excellent quality of life and the resources essential to ensure consistently high standards. The creation of a 15-minute City required several key issues to be addressed, including connectivity / permeability, GBI, playgrounds, sports infrastructure, nature and public transport; • Retrofitting pedestrian and cycle infrastructure in existing neighbourhoods is a requirement of good planning and NPF NPO 27, for reasons of quality of life, health, community integration and safety. It is also a core principle of this Plan to create a connected city and retrofitting pedestrian and cycle links will be the most effective way to achieve this within the City. Sustainable Neighbourhoods 3.5 Cork City’s settlement structure is set out in Table 3.1 (please refer to Chapter 2: Core Strategy for a full outline and Figure 2.10: Liveable, Walkable Neighbourhoods, Communities and Urban Towns that also spatially defines Cork’s neighbourhoods and urban villages).
RSES Category
Attributes
Settlement Hierarchy Key Locations
Cork City
Cities
Metropolitan Areas
City Centre Cork Docklands (City Docks and Tivoli Docks) City Suburbs
n/a
Key Towns
Strategically located large urban centres Population greater
Urban Towns
Towns & Villages
Ballincollig (Urban Town) Blarney (Urban Town) Glanmire (Urban Town) Tower (Urban Village)
than 1500
Hinterland
Rural
Villages with a population less than 1500 and the wider rural area
Killeens (HS) Kerry Pike (HS)
Settlements (HS)
Upper Glanmire (HS)
City Hinterland
City Hinterland
n/a
Networks
Groupings of towns
and villages (e.g. cross boundary) Table 3.1: RSES Settlement Hierarchy as applicable to Cork City.
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