Belfast·SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses·Page 12·3.1.8
Sequential test refusal for less preferable sites
Applications proposing development on sequentially less preferable sites must be refused if alternative sequentially preferable sites exist within the proposal's catchment.
Where it is established that an alternative sequentially preferrable site or sites exist within the proposal's whole catchment, an application which proposes development on a less sequentially preferrable site should be refused.
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