A Local Economic and Community Plan (LECP) for Cork City
Pure Cork - An Action Plan For The City
Guiding Principles of the LECP
Phase 01:
Preparation and High Level Goals
Phase 02:
Public Consultation
The LECP is underpinned by the following guiding principles, identified as part of the Socio-Economic Statement that initiated the making of this plan:
Phase 03:
Development of Objectives and Actions
Phase 04:
Finalise Plan
1. Sustainability – promoting a more resource efficient, green and more inclusive society and economy 2. Maximising returns by co-operation, collaboration and avoiding duplication 3. Participative ‘ bottom-up’ approach– ensuring meaningful community participation and consultation in the planning process 4. The promotion and mainstreaming of equality 5. Harnessing existing local and community development infrastructure to make best use of resources 6. Community development principles – addressing social exclusion and providing supports for the most marginalised 7. Accessibility and ownership – written in a straight forward style
Phase 05:
Monitoring and Review
Figure 2: The five stages of making an LECP (source: DoECLG; Guidelines for LECPs, 2015)
The Plan Making Process
The plan making process required inputs from a number of key groups tasked with co-ordinating and delivering High Level Goals, Strategic Objectives and Local Actions.
The plan will seek to integrate these guiding principles by focusing on the following types of actions:
• Stakeholder Driven Actions: Actions that guide and inform the work of plans that operate at a more strategic level (national, regional, metropolitan, and gateway)
• Local Level Actions: Actions that support the implementation of existing and future stakeholder strategies influencing the development of Cork City at local level
• GAP Actions: Actions that identify inter-agency gaps in the economic and community development of the city
CORK CITY COUNCIL (RESERVED FUNCTION)
In implementing these actions, this plan will need to have due regard to the nature of the action, the partners tasked with implementing the action and their level of ability to achieve that action. In doing so, it is hoped that every effort is made to ensure this LECP is both practical and implementable.
Regional Assembly
Stakeholders and General Public
ADVISORY STEERING GROUP
ECONOMIC ELEMENT (SPC)
COMMUNITY ELEMENT (LCDC)
Strategies for the City
The Cork City LECP needs to represent a shared plan for the city, one that shapes Cork as a world- class city of creativity, investment and opportunity, a city that offers a superior quality of life. This will require commitment from all partners, making the plan a living document with ongoing reflection, review, monitoring and consultation at local level.
Figure 3: LECP Steering Groups, Stakeholders and Oversight Bodies
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