Belfast·SPG003 Residential Design·Page 11·3.1.4
Assessment of Housing Proposals - Character and Amenity Protection
The Council must be satisfied that housing proposals in established residential areas will not cause unacceptable harm to local character, environmental quality, or residential amenity, with particular attention to spacing between buildings, privacy, and scale.
In assessing housing proposals in established residential areas the Council will therefore need to be satisfied that unacceptable harm will not be caused to the local character, environmental quality or residential amenity of the area. Particular account will be taken of the spacing between buildings, the safeguarding of privacy, the scale
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