2 Cork City Council LECP (The Plan) 2.1 Introduction
The first LECP for Cork City Council (2016-2021) has come to the end of its timespan. This is the second Cork City Council LECP (the Plan) which will extend from 2024-2029 to cover a six-year period. Its primary aim is to set out, for a six-year period, the high-level goals, community and economic objectives and their respective action areas needed to promote and support the economic development and the local and community development of Cork City, both by the Local Authority directly and in partnership with other economic and community development stakeholders. The Plan is an important way to set out how Government and other stakeholders can work together to ensure that their initiatives, programmes and projects support an improved quality of life for people living and working in the County. The Plan will support the sustainable development of Cork City by setting out a blueprint for the development of Cork City from a physical, economic, social and environmental perspective until 2029. It will provide the framework for local implementation of National and Regional framework plans that set out the development path for the State and the Region over the next 10 to 20 years. The key spatial plans at National and Regional level are the National Planning Framework Ireland 2040 and the National Development Plan 2021-2030 (NPF/NDP) and the Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy for the Southern Region (RSES). The Plan identifies objectives from those framework plans to be implemented locally. It identifies local objectives under other National and Regional policies in areas including social inclusion, rural development, urban regeneration, health and well-being, education, training and skills development, employment, enterprise and climate change/climate action. However, while this Plan is an important tool to support the implementation of International, National and Regional policy on economic and local/community development, it will not set a framework in itself either with regard to location, nature, size or operating conditions or by allocating resources but will compliment and be consistent with the existing policy frameworks. Therefore, the Plan must be consistent with overarching local authority plans, in particular, the Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028. 2.2 Cork City Development Plan 2022-2028 Cork is a diverse city. It is a twin-university and maritime City with a vibrant city centre, thriving neighbourhoods and urban towns, a rich hinterland and a rich range of natural and built heritage. Cork City has significant potential for sustainable growth and has the necessary human, economic and environmental assets to realise its full potential. The Cork City Development Plan (CCDP) 2022-2028 sets out how the City will grow and develop over the next six years, while complementing a longer 2040 vision. This City Development Plan is the key land use and strategic planning strategy to guide the development of Cork City to achieve this strategic vision. For the first time, this statutory development plan encompasses Cork City and all its suburbs, including the towns of Ballincollig, Blarney, Tower and Glanmire, and the immediate hinterland areas (Figure 1.1). The Plan was adopted by resolution of the Council on the 10 th June 2022, came into effect on 8 th August 2022 and adopted Variation No. 1 on the 8 th May 2023. This new City Development Plan represents an important step in the strategic planning of the City against the backdrop of a new national and regional planning context. The direction of the future development
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