This submission requests the following provisions in the forthcoming CDP:

 Our client’s lands occupy an important strategic position within Metropolitan Cork, forming part of the city’s suburbs at Maryborough Hill, Douglas.

 The Draft Plan includes Tier 1 zoning, which comprise zoned lands that are sufficiently serviced to accommodation new development.

 The Draft Plan includes a Tier 3 zoning, which are strategic lands necessary for long-term planning of infrastructure, given the ambition growth target set out in the NPF, but also provide for substitution of Tier 1 or Tier 2 lands that do not come forward for development within this Plan period, where appropriate.

 Our client’s lands are currently zoned as the Metropolitan Greenbelt under the Draft Plan. However, it is considered that these lands are perfectly suited to be zoned for a mix of Tier 1 “ZO 2 New Residential Neighbourhoods” and Tier 3 “ZO-03: Residential Neighbourhood”.

 We request that the northern portion of our client’s lands be zoned as Tier 1 “ZO-03: Residential Neighbourhood” and the southern portion of our client’s lands be zoned as Tier 3 “ZO-03: Residential Neighbourhood”.