Planning Unit,

Cork City Council,

Cork City Hall,

Cork.

26 January 2011

Reference Number: TP 1034698, Beamish and Crawford Site

Dear Mr. Terry,

I refer to the proposed Beamish and Crawford development and wish to outline my objections to same.

·         As the outset, this is a significant site in Cork’s historic core. – Being in the area where the city began over 1,000 years, the impact of this site and the precedent that this development will set on how the city perceives and harnesses its heritage and history is highly problematic for the future.

·         The impact of the proposed development on the underlining archaeology is understated in the planning file. The case could be argued that this site has similar findings as those that were discovered in the Grand Parade City Car Park over the last number of years.

·         The visual impact of this proposed development is enormous where it will encroach on views of the river, St. Finbarre’s Cathedral and Elizabeth Fort from southern and eastern perspectives. Even views from the fort will be affected by this enormous development.

·         The proposal of student apartments with no provision for car parking will cause enormous car parking problems in the city centre.

·         The proposed event centre and its proposed audience capacity will also create enormous traffic problems in this part of town, which cannot carry the volume of traffic that will ultimately travel through and park in the area.

I call for this proposal to be rejected, that the proposal should be scaled back and better thought out so that it integrates in a proper way into the historic core of the city.

yours sincerely,

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Kieran McCarthy,

Cllr Kieran McCarthy