We believe there are great advantages to maintaining the unique nature of the Historic city of Cork for economic and social benefit to the city. These advantages are well documented and our research is backed up by much current opinion and reference to UCC academic observations. Our submission outlines the unique nature of the historic city and the economic benefit of repair with reference tot he quality of the public realm as it relates to identity and maintaining and repairing the special nature of the city. We believe the city needs an architecture policy and could learn greatly from the presentation of the built environment of cities such as Copenhagen whose policy we attach which relates to new buildings and historic.

We believe new development in the historic environment has in significant cases degraded the special nature of the historic core and yet that there is no need to curb the ambition of the city for development in relation to design issues. The policy to protect heritage is compatible with good design.  As a city we need to study the special nature of the city and give positive guidance to development to protect Cork from becoming the nothing special place it is heading to be from a place of being of significant and unique potential.
The submission reflects our work on historic buildings and sites as well as public realm initiatives with Cork County.