Changes made to Cork City development plan to allow for more parking despite concerns

Concerns were raise that it could weaken the 15-minute city concept and undermine city efforts to become climate neutral

The variation effectively relaxes the minimum parking standards in a parking policy which was agreed upon when the plan came into effect last August. Picture: Denis Minihane.

The Cork city development plan has been changed to allow more parking in places despite concerns that it could weaken the 15-minute city concept and undermine city efforts to become climate neutral by the end of the decade.

The variation, just nine months into the life of the new plan, effectively relaxes the minimum parking standards in a parking policy which was agreed when the plan came into effect last August.