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Cork Strategic Retail Study
Figure 2.2 Cork Area Strategic Plan Diagram
Source: CASP Part A, Figure 2.1
2.26 The CASP study has enabled both Cork City and County to sign up to a long term
planning strategy for the area based on Cork Gateway as a major housing and
employment market and the central focus of the Mallow to Midleton railway line. It has
identified an urban hierarchy indicating the primacy of the city and the importance of
the towns in the metropolitan area and the Ring towns.
2.27 The strategy envisages substantial development and regeneration in the City centre as
well as key settlements along the Mallow – Cork – Midleton railway alignment (including
a new settlement; Monard). Significant development is also proposed in some of the
ring towns. Underpinning the strategy is a vision of Cork City as the capital of a
prosperous and thriving region and the key driver of its social, economic and cultural
vitality.
The North and West Cork Strategic Plan 2002 to 2020
2.28 The aim of this plan is to make north and west Cork more attractive places to live for
young adults. Measures to achieve this include:
• Improving the economy
• Improving infrastructure and communications
• Promoting access to social, recreational and cultural facilities.
2.29 The Plan proposes that industrial development should be focused in a number of
areas, including Clonakilty which should be designated as a centre for technology
industries.
Roger Tym & Partners with Simon Clear & Associates
March 2008 6