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Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The Belfast Agenda is an ambitious community plan that promotes inclusive balanced economic growth to reduce social inequalities to deliver a thriving city and connected sustainable neighbourhoods. To

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

District profile

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Protect and enhance the quality of the setting of the Belfast Metropolitan Urban Area (BMUA) and its environmental assets.

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The quashing of BMAP also means that the Lagan Valley Regional Park Local Plan (adopted in 1993) was re-instated as the statutory development plan for the Lagan Valley Regional Park (LVRP). It sets ou

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Like the community plan the LDP vision set out an ambitious but realistic spatial vision. In 2035, Belfast will be a globally successful, smart regional city that is environmentally resilient with a

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The LDP will seek to develop an integrated and multi-functional green infrastructure network of high quality open spaces, parks, and corridors; (e.g. river valleys, loughs, wetlands and woodlands) to

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

This means considering how all communities may be affected by a development and ensuring that proposals help to improve community cohesion, fostering social integration, reducing isolation and improvi

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The council will support the development of a green and blue infrastructure network, designating and safeguarding sites and accesses required for the green and blue infrastructure network across the p

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

A green and blue infrastructure network will connect open spaces and green corridors to provide a multitude of recreational, environmental, ecological, wellbeing, socio-cultural and economic benefits

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Figure 5.5: Belfast's Green and Blue Infrastructure Plan. Key: Natural heritage assets, Major parks and open space, Primary green and blue infrastructure axis, Secondary green and blue infrastructure

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The green and blue infrastructure network will include multi-functional spaces in and around the city, such as parks, gardens, boulevard streets, rights of way, hedges, trees, woodland, green roofs, g

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The council's Green and Blue Infrastructure Plan and Open Space Strategy will both assist in defining areas where intervention is required and will provide a basis for securing developer contributions

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The Spatial Development Strategy is fundamental to the delivery of the LDP as we seek to accommodate the ambitious growth aspirations for the district. It is based on a hierarchy of settlements and se

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Identifying 'brownfield' land within settlements can assist in returning derelict sites into productive use, can help deliver more attractive environments, assist with economic renewal and reduce the

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The opportunity should be taken within new developments to incorporate usable green spaces in addition to hard landscape areas, particularly when addressing a shortfall experienced across the city cen

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Where a decision is taken to permit development which would result in the loss of any distinctive features of parks, gardens and demesnes, the council will normally require developers to carry out rec

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The council's community cohesion policy seeks to create and enhance 'shared space' as a core planning principle. Planning authorities are directed by the SPPS to utilise development planning and devel

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Planning permission will be granted for shared 'meanwhile' uses at interface locations to encourage the normalisation of contested community spaces. This will include the re-use of vacant buildings an

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Shared 'meanwhile' uses are not exempt from other policies relating to permanent uses. Planning applications to extend the period of shared meanwhile use or to make it permanent will be considered aga

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Planning has an important role to play in shaping the environment in which we live and work. The environment, in its widest sense, is shaped by development, which is managed through the planning proce

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The exact locations and associated boundaries of the above hierarchy will be reviewed as part of the LPP. In the interim prior to the adoption of the LPP the existing draft BMAP boundaries will be use

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Such local neighbourhood centres can promote sustainable development by ensuring communities are well connected through pedestrian accessibility and through public transport reducing the need to trave

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Promote the efficient use of land in the city centre that secures a compact built form that incorporates the green infrastructure network to improve liveability and walkability; Integrate the developm

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The council will support mixed use development within the development opportunities areas that is consistent with the following principles: a. New developments shall be directed towards sites within t

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Deliver sustainable patterns of development which reduce the need for motorised transport and prioritise active travel and travel by public transport in preference to the private car; Protect routes

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

SuDS are defined as management practices and control systems designed to drain surface water in a more sustainable way than conventional systems. Reducing and decreasing the amount of surface water ru

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Developers should consider the following SuDS measures to assist in minimising flood risk: a. Green roofs (intensive and/or extensive systems); b. Swales; c. Filter strips and filter drains; d. Permea

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Promoting a green and active place

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The city's open spaces and green areas are vitally important to the function and environmental quality of the city and the amenity and wellbeing of its population, visitors and nature. Not only are op

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The city has a variety of open spaces, both public and private, many of which have the potential to be connected to form an integrated green and blue infrastructure network capable of serving many fun

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

In recognition of the multi-benefits of open space, including for health, amenity and environmental quality, the LDP policies aim to protect and enhance existing open space and secure the creation of

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The council's policy seeks the retention, enhancement and creation of open spaces, including parks, playing fields, woodlands, allotments, large tracts of countryside, landscape features and many othe

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The SPPS requires all new residential development to provide new publicly accessible open space to enhance the quality of new developments. However the size of many development sites in the city makes

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

A Green and Blue Infrastructure Plan (GBIP) has been prepared to provide an integrated strategic plan that can be used to assist decision-making in development management as well as for investment dec

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Planning permission will be granted for proposals that protect, augment, complement and/or improve the network and connectivity of green and blue infrastructure across the district. This includes the

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Green and blue infrastructure includes multi-functional spaces in and around the city, such as parks, gardens, agricultural fields, hedges, trees, woodland, green roofs, green walls, rivers and ponds.

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The policy recognises the opportunity to plan for a network of these spaces and corridors to provide a multitude of recreational, environmental, ecological, wellbeing, socio-cultural and economic bene

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

However, it is acknowledged that there may be exceptional circumstances where proposals that result in the loss of an element of the network or a potential link or improvement to it may be acceptable,

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The council's GBIP and Open Spaces Strategy (and any further associated strategies and action plans) provide additional information and strategy that, in tandem with the LDP, will be used for decision

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The council will support the retention and improvement of existing open space throughout the district area. There will be a general presumption in favour of retaining all such lands and uses, includin

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

There is a need to balance development pressures for competing land uses and to give adequate protection to existing open space that is of community and environmental benefit. This is also set within

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Planning permission will be granted for the provision of new open space, including sport and outdoor recreation facilities, at appropriate locations within the defined settlement limits, subject to co

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Planning permission will be granted for the provision of appropriate open space facilities, including for sport and outdoor recreation, at appropriate locations in the countryside area of the district

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The council will, where appropriate, seek to secure improvements to the green and blue infrastructure network as a result of new intensive sports development. This may include the carrying out of agre

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The council will only support the development of floodlighting associated with sports and outdoor recreational facilities where all the following criteria are met: a. There is no unacceptable impact o

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The council's policy seeks to ensure a balanced approach in considering new floodlighting proposals whilst ensuring that environmental matters are given due weight. The benefits of floodlighting at sp

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The district's diversity of landscapes, habitats, species and geology, and their relationship with the urban area, contribute enormously to the area's distinctive and attractive character. The surroun

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The LDP policies for natural heritage aim to protect all designated sites and priority habitats and species from damaging or inappropriate development. The policies also aim to protect and enhance the

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Trees make an important contribution to the environment, creating a varied, interesting and attractive landscape. As well as helping to define the character of an area and a sense of place, they are a

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The council currently owns and manages many trees, including those in public parks, playing fields and other council lands. In addition, the council manages street trees across the city on behalf of t