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Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The city centre is also a regional centre for administration, specialised high order services, higher education and cultural amenities. To remain competitive, a supply of good quality office accommoda

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Unlike many cities of a similar size across the UK and Europe, the residential population of the city centre is low. However, this will change significantly over the plan period, with the re-location

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The city centre presents development opportunities for investment in mixed use schemes to establish an innovation district that will support the transition to a low carbon economy and support the grow

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The RDS directs a city centre first approach to development complemented by a precautionary approach to out of centre developments. The SPPS replicates this centre approach for the location of future

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

To maintain viability of the city centre, the plan will adopt a sequential approach to growth. A network and hierarchy of centres can support communities and neighbourhoods across the district. It wil

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The retail policies within the LDP will seek to address current and future retailing needs over the plan period. This retail strategy will therefore aim to: Provide a range of uses appropriate to the

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The opening of a bar/pub on the PRF shall be considered only in circumstances where a non-retail use exists on each side of the proposed premises, so as not to break up a continuous shopping frontage.

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

It is fundamental to plan for growing residential population commencing with the expanding university through convenience units and eateries and the council aspirations for growth of the city centre p

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Planning permission will be granted for a temporary/meanwhile use outside the PRF in defined centres within the hierarchy, with the emphasis on regenerating vacant buildings and land, in the following

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Improving the supply of overnight accommodation is vital for encouraging visitors to stay in Belfast to experience its visitor attractions and business offer. The council has invested in the extension

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Planning permission will be granted for development proposals for new overnight visitor accommodation within the city centre boundary. Outside of the city centre boundary, proposals for overnight vis

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

However, evening and night time economy uses are not suitable for every part of the city. The council policy is to balance the needs of local residents with the economic benefits of promoting a vibran

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Belfast's evening and night time economy is mainly focused in the city centre and within clusters across the city. Different areas of night-time activity function at different scales and serve differe

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Sustaining and protecting noise generating evening and night time cultural venues requires a sensitive approach to managing change in the surrounding area. Encouraging complementary uses to group toge

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Noise-generating cultural venues such as theatres, concert halls, performance venues, pubs and live music venues should be protected, as they contribute to a vibrant place and are a valuable asset for

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The agent of change principle places the responsibility for mitigating the impact of noise firmly on the new development. Where new developments are proposed close

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The priority is to ensure that car parking policies and provision do not incentivise the use of the car over the use of sustainable transport modes. Car parking in suitable amounts and locations is vi

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

To tackle growing congestion problems and help reduce reliance on the private car the council considers that in certain instances it will no longer be appropriate or desirable for developers to fully

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Servicing arrangements are also important and can exert a major influence on the quality of the urban environment and its attractiveness to shoppers and other visitors. In city and town centre locatio

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Within designated areas of parking restraint the following parking standards will be applied: Residential Non-residential No. of spaces per dwelling | No. of non-operational spaces per m2 of floorspa

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Within areas of parking restraint, there is a presumption against additional car parking. The objective is to reduce the need for car borne commuting and promote a shift from car use in peak periods t

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Whilst BUAP contains a main shopping area designation, dBMAP contains a comparable defined primary retail core designation. dBMAP aimed to reflect the retail composition of the City Centre at that tim

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

A primary retail frontage was only designated in dBMAP. It was designated as this is where the greatest concentration of retail uses are found and to manage the pressure on retail for change of use to

Belfast·SPG003 Residential Design

An exception whereby the conversion or sub-division of buildings having less than 150 square meters gross internal floorspace, may be permitted for residential use, where: i. an existing property is l

Belfast·SPG006 Tall Buildings

In the assessment of any development proposal which includes a tall building, context is paramount. In the context of the city centre, tall buildings can mark strategic locations such as gateway sites

Belfast·SPG006 Tall Buildings

Largely due to the lack of specific policy to date, proposals for tall buildings within Belfast have tended to occur sporadically, with little in the way of a strategic approach applied across the cit

Belfast·SPG011 Evening and Night time Economy

Prior to the determination of any planning application for residential development in the city centre and/or in a tourism cluster, a Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment should be undertaken. This sh