“…The legislation -Local Government Act (Northern Ireland), 2014 -describes community planning for a district as 'a process by which the council and its community-planning partners identify long-term objectives for improving: the social, economic and environmental well-being of the district'. The overall aim is for councils and their community-planning partners in health and social care, education, policing, housing, investment, tourism, libraries and sports to collectively improve the well-being of their citizens (Knox & Carmichael, 2015). According to the Department for Communities, which has overarching responsibility for local government, 'the partners will develop and implement a shared plan for promoting the well-being of an area, improving community cohesion and the quality of life for all citizens' (Department for Communities, 2017, p. 3).…”