Chapter 2 I Core Strategy
Delivering Compact Liveable Growth 2.24 A number of key factors have influenced the Core Strategy set out in this plan. The ‘15-minute city’ and ‘walkable neighbourhoods’ are two key approaches offering sustainable building blocks for land use planning, central to delivering compact liveable growth in the City. A series of supporting strategies and studies have also been carried out to provide an evidence base in areas such as housing, green and blue infrastructure, employment, retail, urban density and building height. In addition, a City Capacity Study was undertaken to fully assess capacity for future development within underutilised zoned lands.
A 15 Minute City
2.25 This Plan is being prepared and delivered in a time of a global climate change emergency and a global pandemic. This context has reiterated the need for a more resilient city that maintains and improves the quality of the natural and built environment for the benefit of current and future generations. The 15 Minute City is an urban planning response to the UN SDGs and the Climate Change emergency. It provides a timely framework that combines proximity and social fabric to achieve positive change in our urban lifestyle and a new rhythm in our City. This new rhythm centres on increasing multipurpose functions, ease of access, people-orientated design and a sense of place.
Figure 2.9: The 15 Minute City.
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