Belfast·SPG001 Affordable Housing and Housing Mix·Page 6·1.3.2
Belfast City Council role
Belfast City Council is the planning authority responsible for preparing the Local Development Plan, determining planning applications, and securing affordable housing provision through Section 76 planning agreements.
Belfast City Council is the planning authority, with responsibility to prepare the Local Development Plan (LDP) for the Belfast district, including associated planning objectives and policies. The Council determines the vast majority of individual planning applications within Belfast. The Council can negotiate details of affordable housing through the planning system and secure provision by means of "Section 76" planning agreements (s76 Agreements).
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