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Cork Strategic Retail Study
It is an objective to ensure that there will be a clear presumption against
comparison shopping development in the suburbs above the guideline targets
indicated in Table 4.4.
2.56 This variation relates to the County only, it was not applied to the City Plan.
Electoral Area Local Area Plans
2.57 The provisions of the CSRS were incorporated into Local Area Plans for the 10
Electoral Areas; Bandon, Bantry, Blarney, Carrigaline, Fermoy, Kanturk, Macroom,
Mallow, Middleton and Skibbereen. These were adopted in September 2005. In
addition, Special Local Area Plans were produced for Carrigtwohill, Midleton.
2.58 The Local Area Plans set out the town, district and neighbourhood centres for each
area and make retail allocations for these centres.
Cork City Development Plan 2004
2.59 The Plan defines the City Centre Retail Area (CCRA) as the central “island” flanked on
both its north and south sides by the Lee River Corridor, in addition to the area around
MacCurtain Street.
2.60 The Plan identifies existing and proposed neighbourhood centres throughout the City
centre, northern suburbs and southern suburbs. These include two new
neighbourhood centres to serve the needs of the regenerated Docklands area; at
Victoria Road / Centre Park Road and North Docks / Lower Glanmire Road. These will
accommodate most, if not all, of the convenience floorspace that will need to be
accommodated in the City entre.
2.61 The Plan identifies new local centres at Victoria Cross and near the junction of Model
Farm Road / Rossa Avenue.
Draft City Centre Retail Strategy and Action Plan 2007
2.62 The City Development Plan sets out a joint City and County retail strategy as
previously summarised at paragraphs 2.39 – 2.52. This document examines the
comparison retail sector and outlines a strategy for the consolidation, intensification
and growth of the comparison retail sector in the City centre to the end of the current
development plan period and beyond.
2.63 The document states that, based on a review of comparison retail growth between
2002 and 2006, there are commitments in Cork City centre which will deliver over
22,000m 2 of comparison retail floorspace with an additional 11,000m 2 in the planning
process. This exceeds the 19,000m 2 target set to be committed by 2006 in the CSRS.
2.64 Some 35 opportunity sites are identified based on their location, size and suitability for
development. Sites are grouped under three headings:
• Primary opportunity sites
• Secondary opportunity sites
• Other opportunity sites
2.65 Approximately 130,500m 2 of retail floorspace is potentially developable on these sites.
This figure points to a significant reservoir of floorspace capacity in the City centre.
Roger Tym & Partners with Simon Clear & Associates
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