Goal

ECONONOMY, GROWTH AND URBAN REGENERATION

Guide the development and regeneration of the city region and its economy so that Dublin becomes one of Europe’s most sustainable, dynamic, and resourceful city regions.
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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

This goal aligns with the following Sustainable Development Goals:

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

Guide Dublin’s continued spatial development and growth, while enhancing quality of life, economic competitiveness, cultural heritage, and environmental resilience.

Co-create a smart, green, innovation-based economy in the city-region through collaboration with our economic and tourism partners.

Proactively focus on the regeneration, development and reuse of land and buildings across the city to bring vitality and vibrancy to city streets and neighbourhoods.

Lead the revitalisation of the city centre to create a capital that is safe, accessible, clean and thriving throughout the day and night, and that the whole country can be proud of.

OUTCOME MEASURES

  • Increase in population living throughout the city and in particular the inner city
  • Employment and Unemployment Rates for Dublin
  • Change in the Global Business Purchasing Managers Index for Dublin
  • Total spend on economic development (NSI)
  • Change in Retail Spending trend for Dublin
  • Number of City Council sites/ buildings brought back into productive use
  • Number of residential units permitted
  • Number of new dwellings commenced and completed in relation to housing supply targets
  • Retail vacancy rates for Grafton Street and Henry Street on an annual basis
  • Footfall at major City events and at events facilitated by the City Council
  • Improved citizen perception and public sentiment of the city centre

KEY STRATEGIES AND PLANS

  • Dublin City Development Plan 2022-2028
  • The Heart of Dublin. City Centre Public Realm Masterplan 2016 – 2034
  • Dublin City Heritage Plan 2023 – 2028
  • Tourism Strategy 2023 – 2028
  • EU Programme Participation Strategy 2021-2027
  • Local Enterprise Office Dublin City Enterprise Development Plan 2025-2028
  • Dublin Regional Enterprise Plan to 2025
  • Local Enterprises Policy Statement 2024-2030
  • The Dublin City Night-Time Economy Strategy
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