Strategic Context

2 Strategic Context

Carrickfergus Town Centre Strategy will not operate in isolation but within a range of Northern Ireland, Council and Carrickfergus focused strategies and plans.

A range of local, regional, and national strategies and policies have been examined to establish the context within which the Carrickfergus Town Centre Strategy 2020-2030 is shaped, as set out below:

• Draft Programme for Government 2016-2021 • Regional Development Strategy 2035 • Local Development Plan 2030 Draft Plan Strategy 2019 • Putting People First Mid & East Antrim Community Plan 2017 • Amplify: Growing the Economy of Mid and East Antrim

Integrated Economic Development Strategy 2018-2030 • Mid & East Antrim Retail & Commercial Leisure Need & Capacity

Study on behalf of Mid & East Antrim Borough Council

January 2019 Final Report • Draft Carrickfergus Regeneration Investment Plan (CRIP) 2019 • Carrickfergus Townscape Heritage Initiative

Annual Action Plan 2019-2020

• Carrickfergus Castle and Walls:

A Cultural & Heritage Led Tourism Strategy 2018 • Carrickfergus Town Centre Masterplan 2010 • Draft Belfast Metropolitan Area & Transport Plans 2015 • Carrickfergus Area Plan 2001

The strategic context is appended. For the purposes of the main body of the Town Centre Strategy the Carrickfergus Town Centre Strategy for the 2020-2030 time frame has been set in context of the hierarchy of strategies for Council and Carrickfergus; this is both practical and appropriate as the leadership of the delivery of the strategy will be provided by the Council. The diagram below shows where the Town Centre Strategy relates to local strategies, plans and priorities:

Carrickfergus Town Centre Strategy

Amplify: Economic Development Strategy

Draft Carrickfergus Regeneration & Investment Plan (CRIP) Mid and East Antrim Corporate Plan Putting People First Mid and East Antrim Community Plan