Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)·Page 322·RET 1
Primary Retail Core Designation (RET 1)
Designates a primary retail core area in the City Centre to maintain a compact and attractive shopping environment with retail choice and convenience. This reflects the most current evidence base from the draft Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan.
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 time to help ensure the continuance of a compact and attractive shopping environment, offering choice and convenience. It is considered appropriate to reflect the designation of dBMAP as the plan with the most updated evidence base given the evolution of the retail environment and the City since publication of the BUAP.
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