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Monitoring Indicator 21: Approved and Completed Office Floorspace
21Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)
Amount of approved and completed office floorspace. Planning decisions (BCC) via Employment Monitor. Relevant Policy: EC6. Targets: None over 400m² outside of the city centre; None over 200m² within Q
commercialnon-domesticofficeOffice Impact Assessments and Sequential Test
3.5.1Belfast·SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses
There is a policy presumption in favour of directing larger offices towards city centre and a sequential test should apply to proposals for office development not located within an existing centre or
officenon-domesticcommercialOffice Role in City Centre Economy
3.5.2Belfast·SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses
Offices play a significant role in the defining of Belfast city centre's economic function. They help to generate footfall and support vitality and viability and regional policy seeks to ensure that B
officenon-domesticcommercialOut-of-Centre Office Development Requirements
3.5.3Belfast·SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses
For offices proposals above a threshold of 1000m² that are to be located outside a designated centre applicants will be expected to demonstrate that it will not either by itself or in combination with
officenon-domesticcommercialout-of-centreTable 4.2 Minimum periods of fire resistance
Table 4.2NI-wide·Technical Booklet E Fire Safety
Table 4.2 Minimum periods of fire resistance Purpose group of building | Minimum period (minutes) for elements of structure and other components of the building forming part of: Basement storey+ incl
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