We, Coakley O’Neill Town Planning Ltd., NSC Campus, Mahon, Cork, are instructed by our clients, Kevin O’Leary Group, to make this submission to the draft Cork City Development Plan, 2022. Our clients very much welcome the new Plan and it is hoped that the points raised in this submission will be of benefit to the Planning Authority in the preparation of same

The purpose of this submission is to highlight the importance of the provision of necessary services and facilities within residential neighbourhoods so as to create vibrant and sustainable communities within the City. In doing so, we submit that our clients’ site at South Douglas Road should be fully zoned as ‘ZO 09 Neighbourhood and Local Centres.’