Overview and Purpose of SPG

This Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) provides additional advice and guidance specific to the delivery of affordable housing as part of mixed tenure developments in Belfast. It is intended for use by developers, the public and by planning and housing officers in the assessment and delivery of planning proposals for new housing developments within Belfast. SPG represents non-statutory planning guidance that supports, clarifies and/or illustrates by example policies included within the current planning policy framework, including development plans and regional planning guidance. The information set out in this SPG is therefore a material planning consideration in determining planning applications and should be read in conjunction with the existing planning policy framework, most notably the Strategic Planning Policy Statement (SPPS) for Northern Ireland and the Belfast Local Development Plan.