Local Economic and Community Plans LECP | Guidelines 2021
ESRI – Housing Analysis In December 2020 the ESRI were commissioned by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to support the development of Housing Needs Demand Assessment (HNDA) by Local Authorities. This process requires a range of historical and projected economic and housing related variables as inputs, in order to produce robust and credible estimates of future housing needs. The data used to underpin these housing projections, particularly those that relate to demographic projections may assist Local Authorities specifically in the context of the lack of availability of census data in the LECP preparation phase. Any research undertaken to support the development of Departmental Housing Supply targets could also be informative in this context. National Wellbeing Framework Work is currently ongoing on the development of a national wellbeing framework for Ireland to support a broader approach to the determination of wellbeing outside of specific economic indicators such as GDP etc. This will be developed within the context of the current OECD wellbeing framework and will include a distinct set of indicators that will support the measurement and evaluation of interventions in the context of wellbeing. This exercise will be important in the context of key performance indicators that should be considered to support the implementation and evaluation of LECPs at a local level. Work on this is ongoing and will be fully considered when complete. In the meantime the OECD framework should be used to inform both the data choices and when identifying relevant and appropriate performance indicators.
This process will support a centralised process for the analysis of county level information producing county level profiles that will be provided to each Local Authority area to support their LECP review process in 2024. In addition, as part of this exercise and engaging with work that is already underway, a baseline set of appropriate performance indicators will also be identified based on the analysis of this information, consistent with the hierarchy of planning and appropriate to the overall aims of LECPs in particular. This does not preclude any Local Authority from using whatever datasets they determine to be relevant to their LECP process initially but will provide a baseline set of information and indicators for the review process in 2024 that will provide a more consistent approach to the review and continued implementation of future LECPs. Statement of High-Level Goals A High-Level Goal can be viewed as the setting of the general direction of travel for a given development plan, in this case the LECP. The goal will generally not change throughout the plan period and inputs and interventions supported through the lifetime of the plan will be designed to reach the High-Level Goals identified. Goals should be ambitious with their foundations in the analysis of the socio-economic data as well as the consultation processes undertaken as part of the plan development. However, goals should also be achievable and realistic. Once the socio-economic analysis has been completed and a number of High-Level Goals identified the resulting Statement of High- Level Goals will form the basis of the Public Consultation Process required to develop the LECP. The public consultation process will be used to inform the refinement of the goals and develop objectives and outcomes that will complete the framework LECP and provide the foundation for actions to be determined as part of the Implementation Plan process.
Future Data Considerations 2024 County Level Profiles
In the period between the completion of the LECP guidelines and the publication of the Small Area datasets from the forthcoming census, DRCD/DHLGH, the regional assemblies and Local Authorities will work with relevant stakeholders to provide a more consistent approach to the datasets required to underpin LECP development.
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