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General Objectives
1.3.112 The following objectives apply to all development proposals for Carrigaline. Development within this area must comply
with the General Objectives as set out in the table below.
Objective No.
Population and Housing
Table 4.1.7: General Objectives for Carrigaline
CL-GO-01
Secure the development of 1,944 new dwellings in Carrigaline from 2020 to 2028 in order to facilitate
the sustainable growth of the town’s population from 15,770 to 20,501 people over the same
period.
Development Boundary
CL-GO-02
The green infrastructure, biodiversity and landscape assets of Carrigaline include its river corridors,
mature trees, wetlands, woodlands, coastal habitats, the Cork Harbour SPA and the Owenboy River
pNHA. New development should be sensitively designed and planned to provide for the protection
of these features and will only be permitted where it is shown that it is compatible with the requirements
of nature conservation directives and with environmental, biodiversity and landscape protection
policies as set out in Volume One Main Policy Material and Volume Two Heritage and Amenity.
Provision for screening or buffering may be necessary where new development is proposed in areas
adjoining the Cork Harbour SPA and adjacent to the Owenboy Estruary including lands within existing
residential/mixed residential and other use areas and existing mixed business/general business/
industrial uses areas.
CL-GO-03
CL-GO-04
Urban Expansion Area
Implement the provisions of the Shannonpark Framework Master Plan.
Traffic and Transportation
Support the timely delivery of the M28 motorway by safeguarding the route corridor from inappropriate
development.
Transport and Public Realm
CL-GO-05
Secure public transport improvements including increased frequencies and examine the possibility
of introducing a localised bus service within the town.
Support and implement the provisions of the Carrigaline Transportation and Public Realm Enhancement
Plan.
CL-GO-06
Town Centre Expansion
Support consolidation and expansion of the Town Centre by promoting and prioritising key sites for
regeneration which can fulfil appropriate town centre uses in line with the Public Realm Strategy.
Flood Risk
CL-GO-07
All proposals for development within the areas identified as being at risk of flooding will need to
comply, as appropriate, and with the provisions of the
Ministerial Guidelines – ‘The Planning System and Flood Risk Management’. See
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