Belfast·SPG005 Placemaking and Urban Design·Page 49·4.11.9
Plant facilities
Ancillary roof-level facilities such as lift overruns and air handling equipment must be carefully sited and designed to minimize visual impact, kept to minimal heights, and incorporate setbacks or screening to avoid impacts from street level.
Where additional ancillary facilities and servicing are required to be located at roof level, such as lift/ stair over runs and air handling equipment etc, their siting and design need to be considered carefully so that their visual impact is mitigated and that they do not unduly add to the scale and massing of the building. Proposals with additional plant should be kept to minimal heights and incorporate considerable setbacks and/or screening to avoid any visual impact from street level.
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