To protect and improve rural amenity and provide for the development of agriculture.

To provide for new residential development in tandem with the provision of the necessary social and physical infrastructure.

To protect, retain and provide for passive and active recreational uses, open space, green networks, natural areas and amenity facilities.

To provide for schools and educational facilities and related development.

To preserve and enhance the special landscape and visual character of Landscape Preservation Zones.

To protect, retain and enhance the range and quality of sports facilities and grounds.

To protect and provide for residential uses and amenities, local services and community, institutional, educational and civic uses.

To provide and promote a mix of residential and other uses to ensure the creation of a vibrant and sustainable urban area.

To protect, provide for or improve local facilities.

To protect and preserve quayside, natural heritage and river amenities.

To consolidate and provide for the development and enhancement of urban town centres as primary locations for mixed use retail, economic and residential growth which also act as a focus for a range of services.

To provide for the creation and protection of high technology related office-based industry and enterprise, to facilitate opportunities for employment creation.

To provide for light industry and related uses.

To provide for public infrastructure and utilities.

To consolidate and facilitate the development of the central area and to promote its role as a dynamic mixed used centre for community, economic, civic, cultural and residential growth.

To provide for retail warehousing development.

To provide for and protect institutional and community uses.

To provide and promote a mix of residential, employment and other uses in the long term, to ensure the creation of a vibrant, compact and sustainable urban area.

To provide for the development and enhancement of district centres as mixed-use centres and as primary locations for retail, economic and residential growth.

To promote and support the operations of Cork International Airport.

To protect and provide for the appropriate recreational, amenity and transport use of the City’s rivers and waterways.