DRAFT LAOIS COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2021 - 2027 Job Creation in the county - the Economic Priorities Webinar presentation
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DRAFT LAOIS Job Creation in the county – the Economic Priorities
COUNTY Webinar presentation
DEVELOPMENT
22nd February 2021
PLAN
2021 - 2027
Draft Laois County Development Plan
2021 - 2027
Volume 1
Chapter 6: Economic
Development
Chapter 7: Retail
Chapter 8: Tourism
Chapter 9: Rural Laois
2
Draft Laois County Development Plan
2021 - 2027
Chapter 6 – Economic Development
AIM:
Remote
Working
TO PROMOTE AND DEVELOP LAOIS’ ECONOMY Hubs
AND CREATE A VIABLE AND FAVOURABLE
ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT FOR BUSINESS AND Industrial
and
ENTERPRISE TO THRIVE BOTH IN URBAN AND Commercial
Education and
RURAL AREAS WHILST DELIVERING SUSTAINABLE
Childcare Services
Zoning
JOBS, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY BOTH WITHIN
THE COUNTY AND BEYOND
Key Strategic
Employment Initiatives
Manufacturing
Strategic Job
Creation Sites
/Employment
Zones
3
Policy context
• Project Ireland 2040: National Planning Framework (2018)
• National Development Plan 2018-2027
• Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy (RSES) for the Eastern and Midland Region
(2019)
• Food Wise 2025: A 10 Year Vision for the Irish Agri-Food Industry (2015)
• Laois Local Economic and Community Plan 2016-2021
• Enterprise 2025 Renewed (2018)
• Realising Our Rural Potential (2017)
• Midlands Regional Enterprise Action Plan 2019-2020
• National Policy Statement on the Bio-economy (2018)
• National Mitigation Plan (2017)
• Climate Action Plan 2019
• National Broadband Plan (2012)
• Laois Digital Strategy (2020-2024)
• National Social Enterprise Policy for Ireland 2019-2022
• Just Transition Progress Report 2020
• Powering the Regions, Enterprise Ireland Regional Plan Report, 2019
• Enterprise 2025 Renewed
• Midlands Regional Enterprise Plan
Local Economic
Community Plan
Goal 1: Market Laois to foster
2016-2021 inward investment
The economic strategy for Co Laois aligns Goal 2: Diversify and strengthen
with the LECP for County Laois which aims to
develop the following specific goals as they a sustainable County Economy
relate to economic development for the
following period 2016-2021
Goal 3: Support innovation and
entrepreneurship.
Location, location, location….
With over 18,505 jobs in the County and a Jobs:Workforce ratio
of 0.56 recorded in Census 2016, the economic benefits
associated with the strategic location of the County and good
transport connectivity, and in particular the strength of the
employment base, are apparent.
In a similar fashion to the state profile, the most dominant industries of
Laois workers are as follows :-
‘Professional Services’ 23% (7,717 persons) and
‘Commerce and Trade’ 22% (7,307 persons).
Industrial sectors such as Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 7% (2,431
persons),
Building and Construction 6% (1,976 persons) and
Some stats … Public Administration 8% (2,548 persons) are all higher than the
equivalent state averages.
According to the 2016 Census the number of Laois workers employed in
Manufacturing Industries 10% (3,423 persons) and
Transport Communications 7% (2,286 persons) is below the state
averages.
Continue to develop J17 National Enterprise Park in Portlaoise
1
2 The Cube Low carbon Center of Excellence
Facilities development of lands in Graiguecullen Key Town for
3
job creation
Continued employment and enterprise generation support in
4
the Self Sustaining Growth Town of Portarlington
Education and Promote and facilitate job creation Opportunity Sites in many
5
Childcare Services settlements in the county as indicated in Chapter 7
Potential for relocation of ‘back-office’ facilities from the
6
Dublin Metropolitan Area to Laois
Continued support of remote working practices in the Laois
7
Hub Collective
Provide adequate zoning in towns and villages to facilitate
Strategic Job 8
Creation Sites employment, enterprise and existing initiatives
/Employment
Zones Continue to strengthen the attractiveness of Laois as a tourist
9
destination
10 Support the development of Laois as National Event Centre
8
Zone_Type
County Development Enterprise and
plan – spatial distribution
of zoned land
Employment
General Business
• Sufficient lands zoned for
economic development Industrial &
Warehousing
Mixed Use
J17 - National Enterprise Park – Employment Zone Some of the Businesses - National Traincare Depot National enterprise Park Glanbia cheese making plant Greenfield Global Aubren Supermacs Midway Hotel and Foodcourt / Applegreen
Manufacturing Laois has a limited share of high-value-added/high- technology manufacturing and service provision Some of Laois’ manufacturing activities add value to local produce, FOR EXAMPLE • Dawn Meats factory in Rathdowney, • Sheeran’s timber manufacturing plant in Mountrath, • Laois Sawmills in Portlaoise • Glanbia’s Oats Mill in Portlaoise all utilise locally- produced commodities. • concrete and stone products, using locally- quarried aggregate and stone, is a feature of the manufacturing sector in Laois. • manufacture of niche or specialist food products using local agricultural produce provides for sustainable rural development.
OPPORTUNITY
Clean technology is an umbrella term for industries concerned with resource, material
or energy efficiency as well as sustainable waste and water management, energy
generation/storage and mobility.
Manufacturing
Small cluster of clean-technology firms operate in the county including Enva Ireland
and LSM Engineering based in Portlaoise.Climate action and jobs • Regional Enterprise Development Fund (REDF) to develop an Innovation and Collaboration space to create communities of practice will spearhead future Low Carbon initiatives on this island. • The CUBE at Portlaoise, a Low Carbon Centre of Excellence, will act as a focal point for the development of new business and economic activity and that in turn will support and assist a transition to a low carbon economy. • This is a new concept in business development not alone for the Portlaoise area but also in a national and international context and in that regard it is a strategic change project in every respect.
Remote working
• The Midlands Network of Co-working Facilities
(MNCF), which offer a landing space option and a
base for those wishing to work remotely and ‘beat
the commute’.
• There are six co-working hubs in the Laois Hubs
Collective and they are based in
• Mountmellick (Webmill),
• Portlaoise (Portlaoise Enterprise Centre & Vision
85),
• Rathdowney (Brand Central Digital Hub –
formerly Erkina ),
• Mountrath (Bloom HQ) and
• Portarlington (Portarlington Enterprise Centre
Innovation Hub).Chapter 7 – Retail
RETAIL RETAIL HIERARCHY
Metropolitan Centres Dublin
1
2 Major Town Centres & County
Ensure that the town and village
Portlaoise Town Centres
centres of co. Laois retain their Town and/ or District Centres & Sub
Portarlington Graiguecullen 3
vitality and viability and that all County Town Centres
future retail development is plan 4 Mountmellick, Abbeyleix, Mountrath, Stradbally, Neighbourhood / Local Centres
led in line with the settlement
Durrow, Rathdowney, Ballylynan – Small Towns & Villages
strategy. 5
Various Small County Towns & Villages
Corner Shops & Small Villages
16Location of retail
development - sequential
test
Floorspace
1st Preference: PRIMARY RETAIL CORE Retail Category (sqm)
Convenience 7,798
2nd Preference: TOWN CENTRE REMAINDER
Comparison – non
4,648
bulky
3rd Preference: EDGE OF CENTRE LOCATIONS
Comparison – bulky 5,244
4th Preference: OUT OF CENTRE SITESOur town Centres for some time face ongoing challenges -
• Depopulation in favour of living in the Suburbs or the
“one off house” and rural living;
• Lure of the “Shopping centre” and trading on line;
Challenges
• Costs of refurbishing protected structures on Main Streets
– their viability;
• Dereliction and vacancy in the centre and on Main
StreetsTOWN CENTRE
DEVELOPMENT
Town centre first Policies
approachPolicies and objectives reflect
Working together for better community
ownership of our town centres
Placemaking to achieve a sustainable
and low carbon urban community
How business and heritage are
mutually beneficialCHAPTER 8 TOURISM
• To support the development
of the tourism sector as an
economic driver for the
County, identify and develop
key destination towns and
AIM visitor attractions and
activities for the
prioritisation of investment
and to encourage the
increase of tourism product
development.Policies aligned to • Enhancing the quality heritage with the county and developing outdoor /adventure pursuits • Collaboration • Grow Tourism Numbers - Developing the tourism product – accommodation / hospitality
STRATEGIC PRIOITIES
FOR TOURISM
1 THE SLIEVE BLOOM MOUNTAINS
2 Events and Festivals
3 Local arts, crafts and food
4 Walking and cycling trails and a possible Greenway for the County
5 Towns and villages – Range of attractions
6 Forest tourism
7 Waterways Development - Barrow Blueway and Erkina Blueway
8 Heritage attractions such as the Rock of Dunamaise, etc
9 Development of peatlands for eco-tourism potentialTOURISM – AMENITIES
CHAPTER 9 RURAL LAOIS
AIM
Draft Laois County Development Plan
2021 - 2027
Chapter 9 – Rural Laois
Peatlands
Agriculture Sustainable
Food
Production
Mining and
Aggregates Pic extract from www.laoistourism.ie
Households
Afforestation Renewable
Energy
Green
Infrastructure
Pic extract from www. Waterwaysireland.org
Pic extract from The Irish Concrete Federation 28INFLUENCING FACTORS
ON RURAL LAOIS
• Climate action – Potential impacts on the agrisector ,
development of renewables
• Just transition – reimagined peatlands
• Environmental considerations of land based industry
• Sustainable land management
• Sustainable food production and support
• Role of Forestry
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