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Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

Ensuring all development proposals for retail and other main town centre uses are of a scale and type that are commensurate with the centre's size and function within the retail hierarchy;

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

Applying a sequential test as set out in Policy DM 7 to all development proposals for main town centre uses that are not within an existing centre; and

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

Controlling future retail development at The Junction Retail Outlet and Leisure Park in Antrim in accordance with Policy DM 8.

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

Tier Title Role and Function Centres 1. Large Town Centres Provides (or has the potential to provide) a range of shops, services, businesses and community facilities to a significant hinterland which

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

A Retail Assessment will be required for any development proposal that involves an increase of more than 1,000m2 (gross) of retail floor space in District and Local Centres. The Retail Assessment shou

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

The aim of this policy is to protect the role, viability and vitality of town centres from the adverse impacts that can arise from competing development proposals for retail and other town centre uses

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

As part of the Council's town centre first approach and based on evidence arising from the Retail and Commercial Leisure Study undertaken for the Plan Strategy, a policy presumption against out of cen

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

Whilst seeking to protect town centres, the Council does however, recognise the important role that small local shops, and village shops play in serving neighbourhood needs as well as providing a sens

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

In the countryside, retail and commercial facilities will generally be limited to those associated with an appropriate farm diversification scheme or those that meet a local tourist need.

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

Located north of Antrim Town Centre, The Junction Retail Outlet and Leisure Park, constitutes the largest provision of out of centre floorspace in our Borough. The genesis of The Junction development

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

DM 8.1 The Council will support the ongoing redevelopment at The Junction Retail Outlet and Leisure Park in Antrim in accordance with the terms of the Outline Masterplan approved by the Council. DM 8

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 strategy seeks to manage development at retail parks where there is little synergy with other centres to promote shared shopping and leisure trips. It is the plans intention that these areas are m

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)

Proposals for main town centre uses15, outside of existing centres must: a. Demonstrate that there is not a sequentially preferable site in, or on the edge of, centres having regard to criteria of sui

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

This policy supports Belfast as the primary location, by specifying the scale and form of development considered appropriate and by detailing criteria for the assessment of out of centre development,

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Impact assessments, required for proposals over 1,000sq.m gross floorspace is deemed an appropriate set size threshold reflecting the primacy and growth ambitions of Belfast City Centre. It will also

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Where it is argued that no other sequentially preferable sites are appropriate, the applicant must demonstrate why such sites are not practical alternatives in terms of their "availability, suitabilit

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The primary retail area will be the focus for A1 uses. Non-retail development will be restricted in designated primary retail frontages within this area so that no more than 40% of the frontage of the

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

This policy provides a clear area of consolidated retail use based on where there is a high representation of A1 retail use to promote a strong and competitive retail core. The primary retailing offer

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

This is a subset of comparison goods retailing. It describes those comparison goods which are difficult to accommodate in town centres because of their space requirements for large showrooms, parking

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Durable items for which customers are prepared to travel some distance in order to compare prices and quality. They include clothes, footwear, household durables, textiles, fashion accessories, toys,

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·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The five district centre were designated in dBMAP. As it was not designated in the BUAP the boundaries should be that as set out in dBMAP as they reflect the current overarching policy direction set o

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Number of retail/main town centre planning applications approved. Planning decisions (BCC) via Retail. Relevant Policy: RET2. Target: None over 1000m² outside City Centre. Trigger: 1 or more planning

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Ref. Indicator Source Relevant Policy Target Trigger Monitor and City Centre Retail Survey RET3 None over 500m² (convenience) local centres 1 or more planning approvals for convenience retailing appro

NI-wide·PPS 17 Control of Outdoor Advertisements

In retail parks and business parks the uncoordinated display of advance advertisements or ad hoc directional signs to individual businesses, which bears no direct relationship to the building, land or

NI-wide·PPS 17 Control of Outdoor Advertisements

There is great potential for all advertising associated with retail or business parks to be undertaken in a planned and co-ordinated manner. Ideally the fascia signs for individual premises should for

NI-wide·PPS 17 Control of Outdoor Advertisements

Pylon and pole mounted signs are a common feature at petrol filling stations. Increasingly they are found in association with drive-through restaurants, supermarkets, retail warehousing, retail parks

NI-wide·PPS 17 Control of Outdoor Advertisements

• pylon and pole mounted signs should be in scale with their surroundings and they should not significantly exceed surrounding building heights; • they should not detract from the visual amenity or ch

Belfast·SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses

The following Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) provides additional advice and guidance specific to retail and other main town centre development. It applies to Belfast local government district a

Belfast·SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses

The key objectives of this SPG are: • to set out the council's advice/guidance to provide a consistent basis against which to consider proposals for retail and other main town centre uses in Belfast l

Belfast·SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses

Although the guidance contained within this SPG may not cover all site-specific issues that can arise, it covers the main considerations that will be considered when determining a planning application

Belfast·SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses

This is not to say that unconventional or innovative proposals will not achieve planning permission, but where there is departure from the guidance the council will expect detailed justification. In s

Belfast·SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses

Belfast City Council encourages and welcomes early engagement with applicants to agree the scope of any sequential and/or impact test. Applicants are advised to utilise the council's pre application d

Belfast·SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses

The Regional Development Strategy 2035 (RDS) recognises the Belfast Metropolitan Urban Area as the major conurbation in Northern Ireland with a thriving retail, service, administration, cultural and e

Belfast·SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses

The Strategic Planning Policy Statement (SPPS), published in September 2015, sets out regional planning policies for securing the orderly and consistent development of land in Northern Ireland under t

Belfast·SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses

The Plan Strategy is the strategic policy framework, for the plan area, across a range of topics. It sets out the vision for Belfast as well as the objectives and strategic policies required to delive

Belfast·SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses

RET1: establishing a centre hierarchy, which sets out the districts network and hierarchy of centres and requires proposals for retail and other main town centre uses be directed to the appropriate ce

Belfast·SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses

RET2: out of centre development, which requires that proposals for retail and other main town centre uses, outside of centres, demonstrate that they comply with the sequential test and are accompanied

Belfast·SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses

RET3: district centres, local centres and city corridors, which sets a threshold of 500sqm for convenience and 200sqm for comparison shopping units;

Belfast·SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses

RET5: primary retail area, which restricts non-retail uses to no more than 40% (and no more than 3 adjacent units) within the primary retail frontages.

Belfast·SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses

The Local Policies Plan sets out site-specific proposals in relation to the development and use of land in Belfast. It contains the local policies, including site-specific proposals, designations and

Belfast·SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses

The sequential test is an approach that directs development within centres before an edge of centre site or out of centre site. It supports the viability and vitality of town centres by placing existi

Belfast·SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses

In the Belfast context, there are no "town centres", rather a city centre with district and local centres, and therefore for the purpose of this SPG, centres are considered to include the traditional

Belfast·SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses

The sequential approach directs development to the town centre before considering an edge of centre site. Preference will be given to edge of centre land before considering an out of centre site.

Belfast·SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses

Proposal for main town centre uses, outside of existing centres must: • Demonstrate that there is not a sequentially preferable site in, or on the edge of centre having regard to the criteria of suita

Belfast·SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses

at least one food supermarket or superstore, a degree of comparison goods shopping, some retail services, leisure services and business services. The primary purpose of a local centre is the provision