Settlement Development Limits for Belfast City

The Settlement Development Limits outlined within draft BMAP for the Belfast Metropolitan Area (insofar as they relate to the Belfast district) are similar to the limit set within the extant Belfast Urban Area Plan (BUAP), as amended by Alteration Number 2 to include additional lands for housing at Lagmore. Within draft BMAP, however, the Settlement Development Limits have been updated in a number of locations to reflect new development and wider environmental designations since the adoption of the BUAP. If considering any planning applications for development that falls outside of the BUAP development limit but within the draft BMAP development limit, or which fall within the BUAP development limit but outside of the BMAP development limit, both boundaries and any wider designations or proposed draft BMAP designations should all be referenced as relevant material considerations.