Minister Mallon announces changes to the process for major planning applications, temporarily removing the requirement to hold a public event as part of the pre application community consultation. Link below. https://www.planningni.gov.uk/index/news/dfi_planning_news/news_releases_2015_onwards/news-pr-temp-changes-major-applications-270420.htm
On behalf of Colin Neighbourhood Partnership, Urban Villages and the Department for Communities welcome to our public consultation for the Colin Community Hub. The Colin Community Hub will be a modern building acting as a one-stop-shop for all the community's needs including child-care, education and training, a library, counselling and mental health, day-care and housing. The building is proposed to be centrally located in Colin Town Centre to give it good access from all the surrounding neighbourhoods and to be close to the Transport Hub. The proposal includes child-care, day-care, training and employment, a library and counselling services, it also involves amendments to the existing car parking and the expansion of Colin Town Square. These pages contain the presentation that we will be bringing to public events on 5th August…
Praxis Care Headquarters – 18 Windsor Avenue, Belfast In May 2020 planning permission was granted for the demolition of the existing office building and the construction of 17 apartments with amended access. Praxis has a changing need for office space with more employees working on a more flexible basis and splitting their time between home working and office working. Following the Covid-19 pandemic the workplace solution needs greater space for fewer employees. At the same time Praxis’ existing headquarters office on Lisburn Road is no longer fit for purpose and in order to accommodate staff on a flexible basis they require an increase in office accommodation at Windsor Avenue to accommodate their corporate services. These needs have led to the formulation of these proposals which will in essence see the…
Belfast based serviced apartment provider brings forward proposals for the former Masonic hall at 13 Park Road, Ormeau, Belfast. Project 50 Group is a Belfast based company specialising in the provision of serviced apartments with this proposal, should it go ahead, being their third location in Belfast. The proposal will see the retention, refurbishment and change of use of the building into 11 serviced apartments with car parking to the front of the building and landscaped open space to the rear. Before taking the proposal further we would very much like to hear the views of the community in the vicinity of the proposal. PROPOSED-GROUND-FLOOR-PLAN.pdf Elevations-2.pdf 1ST-Floor-Context-drawing.pdf Elevations.pdf PROPOSED-SITE-LAYOUT.pdf EXISTING-SURVEY-PLANS.pdf PROPOSED-FIRST-FLOOR-PLAN.pdf Park-Road-ConsultationDownload Please look over the information on this webpage and send your comments to admin@pragmaplanning.com or fill in a feedback questionnaire.
In 2019 an outline planning application was submitted for the whole of the land zoned for housing and open space between Bowtown Road and Movilla Road, that application is currently being processed. This proposal is to develop the southern part of the area in line with the 2019 master plan. Because of Covid-19 it is not advisable to hold a traditional consultation event and we have decided to hold a virtual event on Zoom instead. That event will take place on 15th February between 10:00am and 1:00pm and 2:00pm and 4:00pm, please email admin@pragmaplanning.com to register and reserve a place. Although we had hoped to have our virtual event on 16 December 2021 Planners asked that the design was developed further, so a more detailed design of the proposal will be made available in…
An article in the August edition of The Planner carried short articles about various technologies currently utilised by the planning profession which have the potential to offer greater advantages to those involved in planning. Some of those articles are summarised below. VIRTUAL REALITY - VR has great potential and multiple applications for planning and planners and is capable of transforming the way built environments are designed and engaged with by planners, elected representatives and the public. Its immersive experience allows a more complete interaction with interventions in the built environment and can highlight the parts of a proposal for instance that will be 'invisible' from the public domain. It is likely to be of greatest impact to those not from a built environment profession who may otherwise struggle to read…
American data centre operator EdgeConnex has submitted plans to South Dublin County Council to allow it to build two more data centres at its existing site in Lucan, Dublin. The latest data centre proposal for the city highlights a growing debate between those who believe the facilities are a welcome addition to Ireland's burgeoning tech sector and understand the environmental benefits from the centres and those who highlight the environmental impact because of the large electricity usage. Virginia-based EdgeConnex concentrates on hosting and delivering digital content as close to its end users as possible and has built 25 data centres around the world since 2013, mainly in the US, and it counts Virgin Media and Comcast, as well as Irish industry body Host in Ireland, among its clients and partners.
Belfast City Council has launched its Belfast Local Development Plan draft plan strategy document and associated technical supplements. Click here to view the documents on Belfast City Council's website.
