Cork City’s Local Economic and Community Plan 2024 - 2029
Compact Growth We aim to deliver ‘compact growth’ whereby people would ideally live near where they work or attend education and have all their main services and recreational opportunities within a 10 to 15-minute journey by walking, cycling or taking public transport. While we understand this is an ambitious goal that won’t happen overnight, it will in the long run, result in connected and integrated communities that have a wealth of services and facilities close to them. Neighbourhoods would be walkable and cyclable and have access to public transport suitable for all ages and abilities. It will enable people living in Cork City to be able to get around their neighbourhood or city centre in a sustainable way and from door to door within 10 to 15-minutes. In this way, Cork City would be termed a ‘15-minute city’ and its neighbourhoods termed ’10-minute neighbourhoods’. The illustration below shows how the city neighbourhood of St. Lukes cross is a 10-minute neighbourhood where people can walk to a range of destinations in 10 minutes. The 15-minute city is an objective of the Cork City Development Plan 2022 - 2028.
The idea is that the communities themselves are supported to design and create spaces and places that are not just functional, but also beautiful and meaningful to those who live, work, and play there. Placemaking inspires people to collectively reimagine and reinvent public spaces as the heart of every community. We will use placemaking to develop a compact liveable city based on attractive, diverse and accessible urban spaces. These places will promote:
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healthy living
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social interaction and integration
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space for people of all ages and abilities to meet and connect.
We aim to preserve the history and heritage of places while making sure they reflect local, community-led regeneration and placemaking. City of Welcome and Belonging Belonging is a feeling that can be complex and multi-faceted. It often includes having strong connections to the people around you and to the place you live in. But it also includes having a voice that is heard by those in power and having a purpose. We want this LECP to help build a city where those living in the city feel that they belong. We want everyone’s voices to be heard by those making the decisions, and developing policies and plans that shape the future of the city. We want to make sure our city reflects the needs of all, including marginalised communities and seldom heard voices. This is achieved by empowering communities and increasing their knowledge, skills, social consciousness and confidence to participate. We aim to enable our communities to become critical and creative and to be active participants in our city.
Figure 6.1: A graphic representing a walkable neighbourhood from the Cork City Development Plan 2022 - 2028. Placemaking Placemaking is an approach to urban planning and design that focuses on the people who use a space, rather than just the physical structures or buildings.
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