Chapter 3 I Delivering Homes and Communities
Community
Development Type
Area of Cork City
Spring Lane
Existing
North-East City
Ellis’s Yard
Extension
North-East City
Nash’s Boreen
New
North-West City
Saint Anthony’s Park
Extension
North-West City
Meelagh GHS
Extension
South-East City
Carrigrohane Road
New
South-West City / Hinterland
Nomadic
New
Sites To Be Identified
Table 3.7: New and extended Traveller Accommodation Sites.
Housing for the Traveller Community
3.52 Cork City Council will seek to accommodate urban generated rural housing within the Urban Towns and Hinterland Settlements (Kerry Pike, Kileens and Upper Glanmire), which provide the necessary infrastructure and services to support housing. 3.53 National Policy Objective 19 requires that Planning Authorities must set out a rural housing policy that requires applicants to set out “demonstrable economic or social need to live in a rural area.” Rural-generated one-off housing will be considered outside of the designated villages providing: • The overall objective of maintaining the open character of the lands is maintained; • The nearest village is more than 1 kilometre from the subject site on a farm / landholding; • The farm is greater than 30 hectares in size; • Proposals for new dwellings are supported by a demonstrable case to justify a genuine need to reside on the farm holding; and • The proposed dwelling ideally utilizes the conservation / conversion of an agricultural built heritage asset (e.g. farmhouse, cottage or historic farm building of built heritage significance). 3.54 The Census 2016 illustrates that farm holdings of greater than 30 hectares are viable as full-time farms (i.e. they have an income of greater than €50,000). Farms of greater than 30 hectares gener- ated 75% of all farm output in Ireland in 2016. Farm holdings with less than 30 hectares are considered to be part-time or “hobby” farms and wouldn’t derive a need to live on the farm holding. Less than 5% of farmers in Ireland are 35 years old, or younger (Census 2016).
3.49 Cork City Council will renew its determination to meet the needs of the Traveller Community by working with those constituent communities to implement the projects defined in the Traveller Accommodation Plan 2019-2024. The development plan will be updated to incorporate specific development proposals and updated objectives following the adoption of the Traveller Accommodation Plan 2024-2029. 3.50 Table 3.7 sets out the developments identified for delivery in the Plan period. This will include development of residential sites with ancillary communal facilities, as required, to meet the particular housing needs of the community. Private planning applications by the Traveller Community for development will be assessed on their merits against Objective 3.12: Special Categories of Housing and Objective 11.7: Traveller Accommodation and other relevant objectives.
Housing in the City Hinterland
Rural Generated Housing
3.51 The City Hinterland is a largely rural area that comes under strong pressure for the construction of urban generated single rural dwellings.
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