Community Infrastructure - Introduction and Definition

Community infrastructure includes facilities such as cultural and youth centres, leisure and sports grounds, community allotments, places of worship, cemeteries, surgeries and health facilities and educational facilities, such as nurseries, schools and colleges. In Belfast, many of these facilities also satisfy a regional need in view of the city's role as the regional capital. Population growth and demographic change, both locally and nationally, will require the provision of such facilities to evolve to meet changing demands.