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Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy for the Southern Region
The regional strategy for the Southern Region, including the Cork, Limerick–Shannon and Waterford metropolitan area strategic plans.
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- Southern Regional Assembly | RSES241 3.0 | Vision & Guiding Principles 3.1 | Vision 3.2 | Guiding Principles Building on the consultation process in preparation of the RSES and Cork MASP, the Vision Statement for the Cork Metropolitan Area is: Sustainably develop the potential and capacity of Metropolitan Cork, which has the State’s Second City of international scale, as a healthy, people centred, affordable, socially and economically inclusive, innovative and technologically smart international gateway offering a high-quality environment, a vibrant city at its heart, supported by a network of compact metropolitan towns, connected by sustainable transport networks, serviced by a high standard of physical and community infrastructure offering a high quality of life for all. A metropolitan area that inspires pride, encourages creativity and achievement with high standards of environmental sustainability. The ambition of the Cork MASP is based on the principles of a Sustainable Place Framework, as identified in the RSES Settlement Strategy (Chapter 3). To achieve this ambition the following guiding principles for investment and sustainable development are identified: A Living City and suburbs: A city and suburbs offering a mosaic of quarters, comprising of residential suburbs, strategic employment locations, commercial areas, waterfront living and the vibrant social and cultural life of a European City with a unique landscape setting. The primary retail location of the Cork Metropolitan Area. Investment must be supported in revitalising and reinvigorating Cork City for higher density living, high density high value jobs, retailing, regeneration and social inclusion. Metropolitan Engine: Combined with the city and suburbs, a well-functioning, socially inclusive and energising place providing residential, employment, health, business, political, educational, and commercial and transport functions driving the region. Targeted growth will occur in Metropolitan Cork which has significant capacity within its hierarchy of settlements and strategic employment locations along public transport corridors. The area has a unique and sensitive environment to be protected and enhanced, a significant natural asset in Cork Harbour and offers a rich sporting, recreational and cultural offer, as well as tourist destinations of regional and national importance. Compact sustainable growth: Promote consolidation of Cork City and suburbs, refocus on the development of brownfield and infill lands to achieve a target of a minimum 50% of all new homes within the existing built up footprint in Cork and 30% in other metropolitan settlements. Development at sustainable locations with inherent climate resilience. Integrated transport and land use: Target growth along high quality public transport corridors and nodes linked to the delivery of key public transport projects under the development of a Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy including an enhanced public realm, walking and cycling infrastructure, light rail corridor, suburban rail corridor and strategic bus network corridors, all interconnecting with the city centre and connecting with strategic employment locations in the metropolitan area. Accelerate housing delivery: Activate strategic residential development areas and support the steady supply of sites to accelerate housing supply and the adoption of performance-based design standards as supported by NPF National Policy Objective 13 to achieve higher densities in the urban built up areas, supported by better services and public transport. Employment density in the right places: Re-intensify employment within the city and suburbs, activate strategic employment opportunities to complement existing employment hubs in the city and metropolitan area. Recognise the variety of established manufacturing operations/hubs and FDI investments around the city in the metropolitan area and seek to improve sustainable transport connectivity to these locations. Better alignment of growth: Target ‘catch up’ investment to support employment, infrastructure and amenity provision and/or sustainable transport links in metropolitan towns and suburban areas that have experienced high levels of population growth but are reliant on other areas for employment and/or services.
- Southern Regional Assembly | RSES242 Social regeneration: Realise opportunities for social as well as physical regeneration, particularly in areas with pockets of deprivation such as RAPID areas. Future development areas: Having regard to the NPF targets to 2040, the role of the Cork Metropolitan Area in the State and region and the long lead in time for planning and development, identify future strategic growth areas that may be delivered beyond the lifetime of the RSES. Such areas will be identified by the Local authorities through City and County Development Plan Core Strategies and adhere to the achievement of compact growth principles, integration of land use and transport planning, the distribution of growth guided through the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy and fulfilling criteria set out under Goal 7 for all MASPs. Metropolitan scale amenities: Provision and enhancement of regional parks, recreation and sports amenities, natural amenity and habitat protection, strategic green Infrastructure including walking, cycling, greenways and blueways in an integrated network across the Cork Metropolitan Area. Enabling infrastructure: Identify Infrastructure capacity issues and ensure water / waste water needs, municipal and C&D waste capacity issues are met by national projects. Improve sustainability in terms of energy, waste management and resource efficiency and water, to include district heating and water conservation. Co-ordination and active land management: Enhanced co-ordination across local authorities and agencies to promote more active urban development and land management policies that focus on the development of under-utilised, brownfield, vacant and public lands. Re-intensify employment within the City and suburbs at strategic locations well-connected to public transport. Activate strategic employment opportunities to complement existing employment hubs in the city and metropolitan area. Any future strategic growth areas should not compromise the delivery of more sustainable regeneration and consolidation of existing strategic sites more suitable for delivery under the Cork MASP Objectives. Investment to Deliver Vision a. It is an objective to seek the identification of investment packages across State Departments and infrastructure delivery agencies as they apply to the Cork Metropolitan Area and seek further investments into the Cork MASP to deliver targets boosting population and jobs and to deliver on the seven Metropolitan Area Goals (see Volume III). b. It is an objective to ensure quality infrastructure and quality of place is prioritised as an incentive to attract people to live and work in sustainable settlement patterns in the metropolitan area. Cork MASP Policy Objective 5
- Southern Regional Assembly | RSES243 National Enablers a. It is an objective to seek sustainable delivery of enablers as identified in the NPF/NDP for the Cork Metropolitan Area and to progress and coordination between the principal stakeholders, subject to the recommendations of CMATS (see Section 4.0) and required feasibility, planning and environmental assessment processes. Identification of suitable sites for regeneration and development should be supported by a quality site selection process that addresses environmental concerns high-quality design and evidence-based housing demand to drive increased density enabling the roll out of sustainable public transport solutions. b. It is an objective to implement innovative and collaborative projects through funding mechanisms such as the Urban Regeneration and Development, Rural Regeneration and Development, Climate Action and Disruptive Technologies funds. Cork MASP Policy Objective 6 4.0 | National Enablers The following NPF enablers and other enablers for the Cork MASP: • Delivering ambitious large-scale, mixed-use regeneration projects in Cork Docklands (City Docks and Tivoli) as integrated, sustainable developments including the provision of supporting infrastructure (rapid transit, transport infrastructure in particular Eastern Gateway Bridge, and public realm) and the relocation of one ‘Seveso’ site from the City Docks and two from Tivoli Docks. • The development of an enhanced City and Metropolitan area public transport system, focused on the concept of an east-west rapid transit corridor (Light Rail Transit) from Mahon, through the City Centre to Ballincollig, and a north-south corridor with a link to the Airport, supported by a strong core bus network serving the city and wider Metropolitan Area. • Upgrading the Cork commuter rail service serving the areas to the East and North of the city and providing additional stations in areas targeted for growth, such as Monard and Tivoli. • Progressing the sustainable development of new areas for housing, especially those on public transport corridors such as Monard and urban expansion areas on the rail corridor such as at Carrigtwohill, Midleton, Cobh and Blarney. • Identifying infill and regeneration opportunities to intensify housing development in inner city and suburban areas, supported by strengthened public transport connectivity, public realm and urban amenity projects. • Enterprise property solutions and employment enabling infrastructure. • Enabling enhanced opportunities for existing communities as development and diversification occurs, particularly through employment, learning and education support. • Development of a new science and innovation park to the west of the City, accessible by public transport. • The continued expansion of and integration with the City’s third level institutions, centres of research and innovation and strengthened supports for the role of learning, training, skills development and apprenticeships. • M8/N25/N40 Dunkettle Junction upgrade (approved) and improved Ringaskiddy Port access (M28), upgrade of the Cobh Road (Fota Road) R624 and R630 Midleton to Whitegate Road to National Road status, to facilitate Port relocation and regeneration of docklands. • Enhanced regional connectivity and improved journey times including the M20 Cork to Limerick and the Cork Northern Ring Road to ensure adequate connectivity across the Cork Metropolitan area and to routes serving Limerick, Kerry, West Cork, Waterford and Dublin) and upgrade of the N22 Cork to Tralee (approved) and the N25 Cork to Waterford. Improved transport offer around the City through a package of measures including rail and light rail, improvements to the radial and orbital distributor road network, including a northern distributor road, improvements to and more effective management of the strategic road network, including the existing N40 and a future Northern orbital route, delivery of strategic bus network, delivery of the Metropolitan Area Cycle Network, provision for cycling/walkability/permeability/accessibility in the planning, design and delivery of new development. • Improved rail journey times to Dublin and consideration of improved onward direct network connections. • Ensuring that water supply and wastewater needs are met by new national projects to enhance Corks water supply and increase waste water treatment capacity. • Improving sustainability in terms of energy, waste and water, to include district heating and water conservation. • Improve quality and accessibility to a network of parks, recreational areas, sports facilities, playgrounds, natural amenity areas, greenways and blueways extending from a green heart in Cork City throughout the metropolitan area. • Interconnected and integrated walking and cycling infrastructure • Protecting built and natural assets • Managing flood and climate change risks • Invest in digital/ICT infrastructure - Seek delivery of the National Broadband Plan • Ensure security of electricity supply, enhanced connection to grid from renewable technologies, roll out of EV infrastructure.
- Southern Regional Assembly | RSES244 The NPF and Implementation Roadmap sets out projections to achieve accelerated urban growth. They also refer to further qualified allowances. This includes scope for an additional 25% headroom (to 2026) which may be applied locally at Development Plan stages in Cork (City and County). The additional 25% headroom refers to population and not zoned lands. The NPF, (NPO 68) states a Metropolitan Area Strategic Plan may enable up to 20% of the phased population growth targeted in the principal city and suburban area, to be accommodated in the wider metropolitan area, i.e. outside the city and suburbs or contiguous zoned area, in addition to growth identified for the Metropolitan Area. This is subject to the following: • Any relocated growth being in the form of compact development, such as infill or sustainable urban extension. • Any relocated growth being served by high capacity public transport and /or related to significant employment provision; and • NPO 9 of the NPF. Given the ambitious targets applied to the MASP, it is unlikely that this will be required during the lifetime of this RSES. However, this will be subject to review. Also refer to Chapter 3, RPO 32 Support for Compact Growth in the application of these targets. Consultation with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG) and the Local authorities will be part of the implementation mechanisms to be established for the MASP following adoption of the RSES. Review processes on how targets are being achieved will be part of the implementation mechanism for each MASP. These review processes, in consultation and agreement with the Local authorities and the DHPLG, will inform the application of NPO 68. 5.0 | Population Projections The Cork MASP population growth targets to 2031 provided by the DHPLG are set out below: Location 2016 Base Year Growth to 2026 Growth to 2031 Population Target 2031 Cork City and Suburbs 208,669 50,000 75,000 283,669 Rest of Cork Met. Area 95,500 20,281 29,657 125,157 Total Metropolitan Area 304,169 70,281 104,657 408,826 Balance of Cork County 238,699 25,739 36,695 275,394 Core Strategies will address the alignment of the table in the Cork MASP with the new Cork City Council and Cork County Council administrative boundaries that came into effect May 2019.
- Southern Regional Assembly | RSES245 6.0 | Integrated Landuse and Transport The preparation of a CMATS by the NTA, TII and local authorities will provide a framework for the planning and delivery of transport infrastructure and services over the period up to 2040. The alignment of the CMATS with the Cork MASP Objectives is required for the coordination of policymaking and investment. The distribution of growth must be infrastructure led, phased and provided at an appropriate higher density at strategic nodal points on the transport network to underpin the viability and successful implementation of transport networks under the CMATS. The distribution of growth must be based in integrated land use and transport. The successful implementation of CMATS will be a game changer to support the role of the Cork Metropolitan Area and achieve the National Strategic Outcomes of Compact Growth, Enhanced Regional Accessibility, Sustainable Mobility, High Quality International Connectivity, A Strong Economy, and Transition to Sustainable Energy A major challenge for Cork City is providing alternatives to the car, a shift that can only be achieved by a better balance in the distribution of activity and ensuring people can live close to where they work. Promotion of compact growth will go some way to alleviating this over-dependence and encourage more sustainable and active modes of travel. Linked to environmental quality, and shifting to a low-carbon economy is the concept of e-mobility and e-cars. Where practicable, development within the metropolitan area should be carried out sequentially, and lands which are, or will be, most accessible by walking, cycling and public transport – including infill and brownfield sites – are prioritised. The transport capacity of the strategic national road network should also be maintained and protected and larger scale, trip intensive developments, such as high employment density offices and retail, should primarily be focused in locations which are well served by existing or proposed high capacity public transport corridors. The growth strategy for the Cork Metropolitan Area will require key transport investment, framed by sustainable land use and transport planning integration. Prioritisation, as identified in the following objectives, is to be developed further through the CMATS and the Core Strategies of City and County Development Plans in the Cork Metropolitan Area. Integrated Landuse and Transport Planning To seek delivery of the following subject to the outcomes of required appraisal, planning and environmental assessment processes including SEA and AA as appropriate. a. It is an objective to prepare a Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy b. Seek investment and delivery of sustainable transport infrastructure as identified through the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy and delivery of e-mobility infrastructures. c. The Core Strategies of City and County Development Plans in the Cork Metropolitan Area shall allocate the distribution of future population and employment growth with the integration of land use and transportation planning principles, public transport nodal points and targets identified through the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy. d. Achieve the National Strategic Outcomes of the NPF, through the sustainable and infrastructure led: • Regeneration, consolidation and growth of the City Centre, Docklands and city suburban areas. • Regeneration, consolidation and growth of strategic residential, employment and nodal locations along a potential new Light Rail Corridor • Regeneration, consolidation and growth of strategic residential, employment and nodal locations along a Suburban Rail Corridor • Regeneration, consolidation and growth of strategic residential, employment and nodal locations along strategic bus network corridors. e. Identify and deliver strategic locations for increased residential and employment use at public transport interchange locations relating to the proposed Light Rail Transit Route, Suburban Rail and the strategic bus network, where high levels of accessibility by public transport can be achieved. . f. Seek sustainable higher densities where practicable at public transport nodal points. Cork MASP Policy Objective 7
- Southern Regional Assembly | RSES246 Key Transport Objectives (to be informed by and subject to the recommendations of Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy) Subject to the finalisation of the Cork Metropolitan Area Transportation Strategy (CMATS) and the outcomes of required appraisal, planning and environmental assessment processes including SEA/AA as appropriate: a. The SRA will seek investment in the sustainable development and implementation of the Cork Metropolitan Area Strategic Transport Strategy and transport initiatives that improve connectivity between the metropolitan area, wider Cork context and wider region. b. The SRA will seek the Core Strategies of Local Authority Development Plans to identify the public transport corridors and public transport nodes on those corridors in Cork Metropolitan Area arising from the CMATS which have potential for high density development/regeneration. Core Strategies shall identify the appropriate land use zonings for these public transport nodal points and demonstrate the effective alignment between land use and transport infrastructure planning and delivery of the NPF Compact Growth targets as they apply to the Cork Metropolitan Area. Transport Investment Objectives are supported by the SRA as a basis for the sustainable growth of the Cork Metropolitan Area subject to the recommendation of the CMATS and feasibility, planning and environmental processes where applicable. c. Integration of All Sustainable Travel Modes: Infrastructure to provide for integration between all modes of transport to support the use of sustainable travel choices d. East-West Light Rail Public Transport Corridor: A strategic east-west public transport corridor from Mahon to Ballincollig via the City Centre, serving CIT, CUH, UCC, Kent Station, Docklands, Mahon Point. The corridor requires development consolidation along it at appropriate nodal points for a high capacity service. e. Rail Network: Strategic public transport services along the existing rail lines. Strategic priorities will include investment in the Cork Rail Network (serving locations such as Monard, Carrigtwohill, Midleton, Cobh) and enhancing the commuter rail service with additional stations and fleet, improve intercity journey times and electrification of fleet. On the suburban rail network, the following key components are proposed: • P & R and new station at Blarney/Stone View • New station to serve Monard SDZ • New station to regenerate and intensify Blackpool/Kilbarry • Kent Station as a key interchange node between city centre walking/cycling, LRT and bus network. • New station Tivoli Docks • P & R and new station at Dunkettle. • To Cobh, improved signal operations and new station at Ballynoe interchanging with bus services. • To Midleton, new station Carrigtwohill West and IDA Carrigtwohill East/ Ballyadam when developed, dual track and new station at Water Rock. • The development of a greenway from Midleton to Youghal and still allow for future rail use if feasible at a later stage subject to SEA/AA and protection of the Ballyvergan Marsh proposed Natural Heritage Area. • Support the feasibility of designating Mallow as a Commuter Rail Station (which will assist a revised fare structure) and the opportunity this presents to encouraging a modal shift for commuters in North Cork f. Core Bus Network: A comprehensive network of high frequency bus services operating on a core radial and orbital bus network as provided for in CMATS g. City Centre Movement Strategy: Delivery of the Cork City Centre Movement Strategy 2018-2024 h. Walking: Make Cork the most walkable city in Ireland, implement and further develop upon the Cork City Walking Strategy 2013-2018 and strengthen the role of walking through improved walkability, with a particular focus on new development areas, access to services at the local level and improved pedestrian accessibility to and within the City Centre area, Town/District Centres and Neighbourhood Centres. Seek and support greenways for walking in addition to cycling. i. Cycling: Implement and further develop upon the Cork Metropolitan Area Cycle Network Plan 2017, invest in infrastructure to support the integration of the cycle networks throughout the Cork Metropolitan Area and region, improve and develop primary, secondary, greenway (including the Lee to Sea Greenway) and feeder cycle networks and support cycling through provision of a high proportion of segregated cycleways to provide a safe infrastructure for all. j. Public Transport Integration: provision for interchange opportunities across all modes of transport together with information provision and revised fare structures. k. Road Network Improvements: Improvements to the road network to support the sustainable growth of the metropolitan area, while also providing appropriate strategic provision for the movement of goods. Investment in the road network supports sustainable travel modes (walking, cycling, and bus networks), supports strategic inter urban and inter regional freight traffic, especially between ports and airports. Improvements discourage secondary local trip and urban expansion based on road corridors. Strategic road corridors identified by separate objective. l. Other Strategic Road Priorities will include implementation of City Centre Movement Strategy, Cork Docklands and Tivoli Docks bridge (South Docks Eastern Gateway Bridge, Mill Road) and road infrastructure (South Docks and North Docks Roads, Tivoli Access). m. Management of freight around metropolitan Cork, enabled through Port of Cork relocation to Ringaskiddy construction, logistics and delivery centres. n. Supporting Measures: Further measures to support the delivery of CMATS key transport objectives including parking management, Park and Ride, demand management, mobility management and behavioural change programmes. Cork MASP Policy Objective 8
- Southern Regional Assembly | RSES247 Strategic Road Network Improvements To seek delivery of the following subject to the outcomes of required appropriate project appraisal, planning and environmental assessment processes including SEA/ AA as appropriate. The upgrade of public transport networks must be the priority for strategic road network improvements under this objective. Sustainable proposals that facilitate the implementation of public transport networks on the strategic road network will be supported. a. The SRA will seek investment in the management, implementation and sustainable development of strategic road network improvements for the Cork Metropolitan Area and its improved connectivity to the wider region. This will include the delivery of the following: b. Delivery of current Government programmed and proposed national road network improvement schemes relating to the Cork Metropolitan Area and associated inter-urban connecting roads c. Advancing investment in orbital transport corridors through the implementation of appropriate demand management measures, on the N40 and provision of alternative local roads, as deemed necessary. Specific measures should not be introduced in isolation, but only after due consideration of the impacts on access and movement across the city and suburbs, and progressed in parallel with the introduction of the necessary appropriate alternatives to service affected traffic movements d. Enhanced regional connectivity through improved average journey times by road to Limerick and Waterford via proposed M20 Limerick to Cork and the targeted enhancement of the N25 between Cork and Waterford e. Improved connectivity Cork City to Cork Airport including the provision of bus priority lanes on the N27 and an improvement in the alignment of the R600 south of the Airport (refer to Cork MASP Policy Objective 14). f. Improved connectivity to the Port of Cork and strategic employment areas on the N28 Cork to Ringaskiddy route. g. Dunkettle Interchange h. A Cork Northern Ring Road (CNRR) is a complementary scheme to the N/M20 Cork to Limerick Road Improvement Scheme, identified in the NDP. It has been assessed as part of the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy (CMATS). It is expected that the CNRR project will be planned for implementation during the latter period of the CMATS. The finalisation of a route corridor and its protection from development intrusion is an objective of CMATS to allow for changing circumstances including potentially an earlier project delivery requirement. i. Cork Northern Distributor Road delivering a multimodal orbital public transport route, accessing planned development lands, connecting to radial distributor roads and providing connectivity at its western end to join the existing N22. j. Access for Monard SDZ (a key enabler for Cork under the NPF) k. Cork City Docks and Tivoli Bridge and Street Infrastructure (including Eastern Gateway Bridge) Cork Docklands infrastructure is a key enabler for Cork under the NPF. l. Improved N22, N25, N27, N71 Inter Regional and Intra Regional corridors. m. Upgrade of the R624 Regional Road Linking N25 to Marino Point and Cobh subject to required feasibility, planning and environmental assessment processes and support the designation of this route to National Road Status n. Upgrade of the R630 Regional Road linking Midleton to Whitegate Road (Energy Hub) and support the designation of this route to National Road Status. o. Cork Science and Innovation Park Access (a key enabler for Cork under the NPF) p. Transport packages including road upgrades, relief roads, enhanced public realm, walking and cycling infrastructure for metropolitan towns and urban expansion areas. q. North East Orbital Road (access for residential lands and public transport infrastructure Ballyvolane). r. Advancing transport study measures for Little Island. s. Provide improved access Infrastructure to IDA Carrigtwohill East / Adam strategic site (N25) Cork MASP Policy Objective 9 Refer to Chapter 6 Connectivity of the RSES for further transport objectives for the region and role of the Cork Metropolitan Area.
- Southern Regional Assembly | RSES248 7.0 | Housing and Regeneration The Cork MASP identifies strategic housing and regeneration locations within the metropolitan area (see tables below). These give an indication of existing initiatives and, as identified in Chapter 3 of the RSES and MASP Goal 7, new initiatives must meet NPF growth targets. Achieving these target will require in-depth consideration for new locations and initiatives by each local authority (such as the Strategic Land Reserve Initiative undertaken by Cork County Council). It is accepted that additional sites may become available, and the Cork MASP recognises the need to be flexible to accommodate opportunities. It is required that any such opportunities be integrated with sustainable land use and transport planning as per the objectives in the Cork MASP. The Core Strategies of City and County Development Plans in the Cork Metropolitan Area will need to assess and identify these locations. The Cork MASP recognises the existing active land management initiatives of Cork City Council and Cork County Council, through Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Funds (LIHAF) initiatives, regeneration area masterplans (such as the North West Regeneration Area), and the Strategic Land Reserve and Housing Infrastructure Implementation Team of Cork County Council. The Cork MASP will pursue an evidence-based and tailored approach to the delivery of the right housing types, mix of tenure and typologies, in the right locations through the preparation of a Housing Need Demand Assessment (HNDA). Any future strategic residential growth areas should not compromise the delivery of more sustainable regeneration and consolidation of existing strategic sites more suitable for delivery in accordance with the Cork MASP Objectives.
- Southern Regional Assembly | RSES249 7.1 | City Centre Consolidation and Regeneration The following summary tables refer to strategic housing and regeneration areas identified to date for the Cork MASP as an indication of existing strategic initiatives and locations, noting that many function as dynamic mixed-use locations. A comment on key infrastructure requirements is also provided. Location Brief Description and Indicative Yield: Yields are indicative only, will be revised in the context of compact growth targets, departmental guidelines and development plans. Infrastructure Priorities subject to required appraisal, planning and environmental assessment processes City Centre The city centre is a vibrant mixeduse area made up of the commercial core area largely centred on the island and the adjacent historic areas such as Shandon and the South Parish. The City Centre is a growing vibrant location, with a 20% in population and a 10% increase in new businesses, and is supported by the SRA as a vibrant living location It has a Level 1 Retail Role. Globally, city centres are increasingly sought-after as the locations of choice for investors for combined living, working and high quality of life opportunities. Cork City is the key economic driver at the heart of the metropolitan area. Potential Residential Yield: 1014 Plus, significant employment potential from e.g. offices (capacity of permitted developments tbc) and hotel development (900 additional hotel beds due for delivery As per Ch 3 Objective on investment for holistic infrastructure for metropolitan areas. Of particular note: • -Upgrade and development of inner-city parks including Bishop Lucey Park, develop urban amenity areas, green spaces including linear amenity areas that optimise the waterfront setting, public realm upgrades to city centre streets and pedestrian access to create an attractive environment for increased numbers of residents and workers. • Acquisition of strategic inner-city sites to facilitate regeneration of vacant and underutilised areas. • Mechanisms to promote redevelopment of strategic city blocks and the upgrading and reuse of existing buildings. • Investment in retrofitting infrastructure and services (physical, social and recreational) to improve quality of life for communities. Strategic Residential (including mixed uses) and Regeneration Areas
- Southern Regional Assembly | RSES250 Location Brief Description and Indicative Yield: Yields are indicative only, will be revised in the context of compact growth targets, departmental guidelines and development plans. Infrastructure Priorities subject to required appraisal, planning and environmental assessment processes Cork City Docks The redevelopment of the North and South Docklands and Tivoli is one of the most significant urban regeneration schemes in Ireland and is a project of national significance. It will require significant investment in supporting infrastructure to allow it to proceed. The City Docks, over 160 ha, comprises the North and South Docks. Through Local Area Plan process, Cork City Council are seeking to regenerate the brownfield site as a sustainable, vibrant, mixed use socially inclusive quarter, an extension of the city centre, capitalising on its waterside setting, access to city centre public transport networks. Strong urban design and place making principles are at the core of the regeneration initiative. The regeneration of the Cork City Docks provides significant opportunities for new enterprise and employment uses. Potential Yield: 9,500 residential units. 9,500 jobs based on 920,000 sq. office space and additional jobs from services, retail, restaurants etc. As per Ch 3 Objective on investment for holistic infrastructure for metropolitan areas. Of particular note: • The redevelopment of the docklands is strongly linked to the relocation of Port activities from the city and development of new Port of Cork facilities in Ringaskiddy, the construction of the M28 Cork to Ringaskiddy and facilities at Marino Point. • Cork Docklands are key to unlocking the travel demand for the proposed Light Rail system and will greatly enhance the potential for high-density mixed-use development in Docklands. • For mobility: • River crossings including Eastern Gateway Bridge and Mill Road Bridge, upgrades to Monahan Road, Centre Park Road and bridge approach roads, PT provision, transition area junction upgrades/ • Flood relief measures. • Marina Park, Kennedy park, quayside amenities. • Horgan’s Road relocation. • Cultural and tourism infra. • Education and health infra. • Potential Brownfield Site remediation. • Cross-river watermain to serve South Docks
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