Chapter 11: Community Development and Social Infrastructure

Actively supporting CLTs and related innovative housing practices will help Galway County Council achieve its Strategic Aims, as in Chapter 11: Community Development and Social Infrastructure, 11.2 Strategic Aims:
Galway County Council shall work the appropriate stakeholders and agencies in order to endeavour to achieve an integrated and sustainable approach to the development in the County. This will with the following strategic aims:

• To promote and facilitate sustainable communities through land use planning, by supporting the provision of leisure, recreational, amenity and cultural facilities while also including our ability to access services such as education and healthcare;
• To create a more socially inclusive society by alleviating social exclusion, poverty and deprivation via the provision of good quality affordable housing, community infrastructure and improving access to information and resources throughout the County and across all communities;
• To ensure that the principles of accessible, inclusive and sustainable community development are central in all developments;
• To encourage, promote and facilitate active and inclusive participation in physical and social activities.