Belfast·SPG009 Retail and Main Town Centre Uses·Page 20·3.3.1
Identification of Catchment Area
The catchment area and proportion of trade drawn from it must be identified as a key stage in retail impact assessment, determined by travel distances from comparable facilities within and beyond the local district if necessary.
The identification of the catchment area, and the proportion of trade drawn from this area, is an important stage in the RIA and it will directly affect the assessment of trade diversion from competing centres and retail impact. If the proposal is to be situated outwith a centre or at an edge of centre site, the applicant must consider the likely catchment of the proposal with reference to travel distances determined from survey of comparable facilities elsewhere in the district. If no comparable facilities are located within the Belfast City Council area, then comparison should be considered for facilities elsewhere in Northern Ireland.
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