Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)·Page 156·8.1.17
Employment floorspace capacity summary
The council area has approximately 1.16 million m² of committed employment floorspace available, increasing to 1.9 million m² if all mixed-use sites are developed for employment. Employment sites are distributed across city centre, Titanic Quarter, inner city, wider city, arterial routes, and strategic centres.
A summary of the findings are supplied in figure 8.1 below. Approximately 1.16million m² gross employment floorspace is available from committed employment sites and new sites identified. This increases to an indicative capacity of approximately 1.9million m² should all those sites suitable for either employment or housing come forward for employment uses.
Figure 8.1: Number of employment sites and indicative yield
Employment (Emp) sites (sq.m)
Committed sites (a) | Site in existing emp. locations (b) | New Sites | Total Emp. sites (c) | Housing / emp. sites (d) | Just emp. sites (a+b+c) | All emp. sites (a+b+c+d)
City centre: 203,482 | 146,366 | 595,741 | 349,848 | 945,589
Titanic Quarter: 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000
Inner city: 10,946 | 101,393 | 10,946 | 112,339
Wider city: 326,601 | 278,765 | 605,366 | 605,366
Arterial routes: 82,301 | 29,705 | 82,301 | 112,006
Strategic centres: 7,383 | 11,882 | 15,842 | 19,265 | 35,107
Whole city: 303,482 | 421,819 | 437,013 | 742,681 | 1,162,314 | 1,904,995
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