of regional strategy to provide a counterbalance to Dublin. The Southern Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy (RSES) 2020 – 2032 is a strategic regional development framework that sets spatial and economic regional planning objectives that are aligned with the NPF. The City Development Plan and Plan are legally required to be consistent with the RSES. The Plan helps to realise many of the strategic objectives (SO) laid out in the CCDP 2022-2028 but most particularly the following:
▪ SO 2 – Delivering Homes and Communities ▪ SO 6 – Economy and Enterprise ▪ SO 7 – Heritage, Arts and Culture ▪ SO 9 – Placemaking and Management Development
FIGURE 1.1: NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND LOCAL HIERARCHY
National NPF & NDP
Regional (RSES) Spatial & Economic Strategy
City Cork City Development Plan
Local Local Economic & Community Plan
The Plan also supports the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Public Sector Duty. As set out in the National Planning Framework, sustainability is at the centre of long-term planning. In this regard, Ireland is a signatory to the United Nations’ Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs) as set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development Transforming our World. Ireland has committed to achieving the SDGs as set out in the ‘The Sustainable Development Goals National Implementation Plan 2018-2020’ published by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. As specified in article 66B 1 of the Local Government Reform Act 2014, each LECP will be developed within the context of the principles of sustainable development. There are 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the UN General Assembly in 2015 as a blueprint to achieve better and more sustainable development for all to end poverty, fight inequality and injustice and tackle climate change, by 2030. The SDGs provide a critical framework for economic and community development as they reflect the social justice, economic justice and environmental justice concerns of community work and community workers and designate the processes of participation, empowerment and collective action required to achieve change. Through its status as a UNESCO Learning City, a WHO Healthy City, a WHO Age Friendly
1 Local Government Reform Act 2014, Section 66B, https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2014/act/1/enacted/en/pdf
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