Cork developments

The event centre plot is more suited for a hotel also.

Why CPO??? What could cause that?

I wish you were right but don't think there's a process for CPO for that though unfortunately!

I think through the LA portal you can suggest derelict buildings, might be an idea to keep suggesting these…

Great news. Hopefully progresses quicker than planned.

Sad to see they have started cutting down all the boundry trees in carrs hill above douglas village, where the new educate together school is going to be built. All for development, but no need to cut dwn every tree around the whole site..

I think it’s a horrible building outside. It’s like a massive wall of concrete. I would not be even remotely sad to see it go

Of the 100s of (if not more) trees felled along Maryborough Ridge’s boundary with the N28, about 14 new ones were planted - some small multi-stem birch and a few oak trees. Some of the trees that were felled were massive. Given the new wall they built is on the same line that the trees were on, I refuse to believe they couldn’t have been retained, at least in part. None of the 100s of trees felled in Broadale or Mount Oval have been replaced

When Maryborough Hill by Broadale was widened in 2019, a large number of semi-mature trees and a thick beech hedge were planted. Bus Connects, as it stands, plans to remove all of them, despite me pointing out they don’t need to be given the current width of the road. Further back in Maryborough Ridge, in Mount Woods, a few ginkgo, birch and mountain ash trees were planted in 2020 for the new houses. All but one birch are gone now, and most of the ginkgos are dead or falling over. Mountain ash never do well in that area

I email the Tree Officer quite regularly about new trees, and often don’t get a reply. One I was told was to be replaced if resources allowed (or some excuse like that) was tarmacced over. Need I remind people about the tree paved over on the corner of Savoy now turned into a taxi rank? I emailed him about two weeks ago about a tree falling over in my park. I asked could he have it felled and replaced if it wasn’t salvageable. He replied almost instantly tbf and the next day the tree was gone. I emailed him back asking could it be replaced, and more planted on the mostly barren green area. No reply almost two weeks later

Not much noise seems to be made about the large number of trees felled on Western Road by the pink clinic. Airport Road anyone? There is a lot of tree planting going on in the city, like in Mahon, The Marina, Douglas Park and on Crosse’s Green. However, I refuse to believe that this makes up for the mass (often mature) tree felling we are seeing elsewhere. Loads of money for robot trees (I know that was a dedicated fund)

I think there's sometimes free tree giveaways in dedicated locations if you want to take some direct action yourself. They arrive to a spot with a load of saplings and it's free to take them and plant them.

I'd also suggest read the council's recent-ish "tree" document and get familiar with what their "master plans" are. Then start skewering councillors now and the various consultation/submission teams as they arise (part 8, section 38, etc) with the specific lack of adherence to their own policy.

I don't mind trees being cut down tbh, It's just a shame that there doesn't seem to be a coherent plan around replacement. Or maybe there's no adherence to any plan might be more accurate.

That's the document I was thinking of thanks. I agree with your thoughts here: I don't mind trees being cut down but at the moment it "looks like" there's no adherence to a plan.

I say "looks like" because they might be doing everything perfectly in the background but there's been minimal communication.

Tower crane gone up on the sextant site.

There was an article a few weeks ago that construction was starting on the houses in April, but not the hotel yet

3 year extension to the planning for the tower at the port of cork granted.

Effectively, yes ..