Mr. MacCarthaigh is the owner of an infill site approximately 0.5 hectares in size located in Ballincrossig, Rathcooney, Cork which we submit should be integrated with the residential neighbourhoods proposed in the areas zoned ZO 02 (New Residential Neighbourhoods) and ZO 03 (Tier 3 Residential Neighbourhoods).
The site is not currently used, or suitable, for any of the designated City Hinterland uses and the proposed rezoning for residential use would not adversely affect the achievement of draft zoning objective ZO 21.
As Rathcooney is an established cluster of development a clearer distinction between the urban areas and the countryside would be achieved if the subject site was linked to the adjacent residential zones rather than being left as an isolated cluster within the City Hinterland.
Although the subject site is currently zoned Green Belt it may be deemed to be located within the existing built up area of Cork City and suburbs which is defined by the National Planning Framework (NPF) to include sites “within and close to the existing ‘footprint’ of built-up areas”
Accordingly, this submission requests that Mr. MacCarthaigh’s site should be integrated with the residential neighbourhoods proposed in the areas zoned ZO 02 and ZO 03.