This submission is to seek the removal of the proposed ZO 01 Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods zoning designation of the subject lands and assign the ZO 9 – Neighbourhood and Local Centres Zoning, acknowledging the lands being brownfield lands, fully serviced, that lands at the junction of Carrigrohane Road and Victoria Cross Road (proposed ZO 9 – Neighbourhood and Local Centres Zoning) are now being developed for Student Accommodation.  It is requested that such be reflected/presented within the new Cork City Development Plan 2022 – 2028.

The ZO 9 – Neighbourhood and Local Centres provides for local convenience shopping with development proposals serving local needs.

Having regard to the foregoing and noting that the subject lands are in close proximity to lands where a significant amount of Student Accommodation is currently under construction, including Student Accommodation construction on lands proposed to be zoned ZO 9 – Neighbourhood and Local Centres considered not reflecting the current pattern/use of development, and the surrounding existing Residential Neighbourhoods catchments, the rezoning the subject lands as ZO 9 – Neighbourhood and Local Centres provides the ability to present a logical form and pattern of development to support the sustainable and logical growth of the Carrigrohane Road catchment area.

All these facilities are located within 5-minutes walking distance of the Carrigrohane Road catchment area, and within the 15-minute walking distance of a wider mix of uses, including extensive residential areas and increased student population.  This indicates the subject lands being rezoned as ZO 9 – Neighbourhood and Local Centres “support the delivery of a 15-Minute City delivering Compact Liveable Growth through walkable neighbourhoods, towns and communities with a mix of uses, house types and tenures that foster a diverse, resilient, socially inclusive and responsive city”.