Policy context – local contd.
An integrated approach to economic and community development.
The City Centre area is considered to play a crucial role in the housing market for Cork City and the wider metropolitan area, and housing demand is expected to remain high up to 2028.
Cork County and Cork City Councils Draft Joint Housing Strategy 2022-2028 The Joint Housing Strategy for Cork County and Cork Coty outlines existing and future housing requirements across both local authority areas and sets out measures to address housing needs. It fulfils requirements under the NPF for each local authority to develop an Housing Need Demand Assessment to provide an evidence-based approach to underpin and support preparation of housing policy. Cork City Local Economic and Community Plan (LECP) 2016-2021 The LECP presents an integrated plan for social and economic development within Cork City. With a key focus on inter- agency collaboration, it presents both high-level goals and specific actions to promote sustainable and inclusionary growth.
demand and will remain a strong location for apartment development and the private rental sector. There is also a high demand for social housing in the city centre, with 1,066 households in CCC’s social housing system listing the city centre as their first area of choice. High land values and a strong property market mean that Part V housing delivery is expected to function as a crucial mechanism for the delivery of new social housing units in the city centre area, with other opportunities such as the use of public land and the LDA to be encouraged.
The Joint Housing Strategy provides an overview of Cork City’s housing landscape, broken down in terms of different sub areas. The City Centre is characterised by a high concentration of private rented accommodation, which comprised 52% of housing stock according to figures for 2016. Typical of a major urban centre the housing stock for the city centre contains a relatively high proportions of flats and apartments, which account for 43% of the housing stock. The overall housing demand for Cork City is estimated to come to 17,118 households, or 2,853 households per annum. The city centre is expected to make an important contribution to meeting this overall
The purpose of the LECP, as stated in the Local Government Reform Act 2014, is to set out, for a six-year period, a delivery framework for objectives and actions to promote and support economic development and local and community development of the local authority area.
As such the LECP represents an integrated framework for the delivery and enhancement of economic and community elements within Cork City, and serves as a mechanism to bring forward relevant actions under the various strategies, policies and programmes at the local level. The Cork City LECP organises
objectives and actions under 15 high-level themes that are all directed at creating resilient and inclusive communities that benefit from the balanced access to employment, educational and social opportunities. Relevant actions under the LECP have been considered and brought forward under this Plan.
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