Belfast·SPG002 Development Viability·Page 7·2.2.6
Applicant's responsibility for demonstrating unviability
Where an applicant believes they cannot comply with policy requirements without rendering development unviable, they must demonstrate why their circumstances justify a viability assessment at application stage, identifying which policy assumptions are inappropriate to their development.
In a case where an applicant considers that they are unable to comply fully with the relevant policy requirements without rendering their development unviable, the onus will be on the applicant to demonstrate why their particular circumstances justify the need for a viability assessment at the application stage. This will be based on identifying which particular assumption(s) are not appropriate to their development or why their development is not represented by any of the site typologies tested.
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