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Special Action Areas for Intensive Planning
Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)
Five special action areas are identified where more intensive plans should be prepared, either to maximise the beneficial effects of major new institutional and transport developments or to initiate t
site-planningregenerationurban-centreRetention of Economic Development Land in Urban Locations
5.29NI-wide·PPS 4 Clarification of Policy PED 7
The retention of economic development land in urban locations and elsewhere can not only make a substantial contribution to the renewal and revitalisation of towns but can also provide employment oppo
economic-developmenturbanland-useregenerationChange of Use or Redevelopment of Unzoned Industrial Sites
5.32NI-wide·PPS 4 Clarification of Policy PED 7
Planning permission will not normally be granted for the change of use, or the redevelopment for other uses, of unzoned sites or premises in settlements used or last used for industrial and storage or
industrialeconomic-developmentland-useregenerationConservation-led regeneration approaches
1.12NI-wide·PPS 6 Planning Archaeology and the Built Heritage
Collaborative, conservation-led approaches have been adopted as the basis for a number of successful regeneration initiatives. Careful and sensitive exploitation of the built heritage resource to achi
conservationregenerationbuilt-heritagecommercialurbanruralTall buildings at locations of civic or visual importance
5.5.1Belfast·SPG006 Tall Buildings
From a sustainability point of view, tall buildings can have a role to play in placing emphasis and drawing attention to areas of civic or visual importance, including major public transport interchan
tall-buildingsnon-domesticsite-planningregenerationUrban repair and connectivity - regeneration opportunities
3.2.1Belfast·SPG007 Masterplanning Approach for Major Development
Areas of the city that have experienced post-industrial decline or have suffered from a lack of investment can present opportunities for new regeneration projects. Where the opportunity exists, new de
site-planningurban-designregeneration