Pragma Planning obtains Planning Permission for new hotel complex

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Planning Permission has been approved for a new 66 bed hotel with leisure and conference facilities, restaurants, bars and associated car parking and landscaping works. The planning application was submitted in March 2011 for the new hotel, leisure and conference complex on the Glenavy Road, Lisburn. The application process involved in depth negotiation with Road Service and Lisburn City Council’s Environmental Health Department to bring forward this highly valuable planning consent which will. When the development is constructed the new hotel, leisure and conference venue will supplement the existing high quality hotel provision within the City and will provide a choice of venues within Lisburn.
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Householder Development

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The PHD form should only be used for applications for Full Planning Permission for works of alteration/ extension to a dwelling or other development for domestic purposes within the curtilage of a dwelling (e.g. erection of a garage) phd_june07
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Planning Application approved for Caffe Nero in Bangor

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A Planning Application submitted by Pragma Planning for a new Caffe Nero coffee shop on Main Street, Bangor has been Granted by DoE Planning. The Planning Application was submitted by Pragma on behalf of Caffe Nero on 5 December 2011 and was for a new coffee shop on Main Street, Bangor. This represents the 4th new store for which Pragma Planning has obtained Planning Permission on behalf of Caffe Nero. The Planning Application was approved under Article 28A of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 on 21 March 2012.
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Minister announces that planning approval is to be granted for redevelopment of 41-49 Queen Street

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In a statement published on DoE’s Planning Portal it has been announced that following an exhaustive assessment of all issues from every angle, DOE Planning has taken the decision to grant planning permission for ground floor retail units and residential development on the upper floors In making this difficult decision The Environment Minister has concluded that it is, with regret, the better way to proceed. The existing building on the site is vacant apart from the part occupied by Athletic Stores and despite a rigorous and lengthy marketing campaign by the owner and his agent no alternative use could be found for the building which contains a number of significant structural problems. The new development will replace it. The Minister has exhaustively considered options to save the existing building which…
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New business park for Newtownabbey?

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A Planning Application for a new mixed business park is taken forward to Newtownabbey Borough Council with a recommendation to approve. The planning application which is on next weeks planning schedule has been a long awaited one but will give consent for Office, Indistry and Storage and Distribution uses in a range of sizes of units which will assist in the provision of employment to the wider Newtownabbey area and should be welcomed. This planning permission together with a proposed approval for Brett Martin in Mallusk shows a commitment to providing additional floorspace in a range of locations suitable for modern business uses. It also shows a renewed willingness on behalf of decision makers to facilitate business start-ups and expansion of existing large scale enterprises in the Newtownabbey area.
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New Business Park gets Planning Permission.

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Planning Permission granted for new business park in Newtownabbey. Pragma Planning in conjunction with Kennedy Fitzgerald Architects and Aecom have on behalf of COMTEC obtained planning permission for a new business park on Church Road Newtownabbey. After protracted negotiations with Road Service during which information had to be reporduced on multiple occasions planning permission has finally been approved by Newtownabbey Borough Council. This planning permission ensures that the development which is for over 100,000 sq ft of mixed business uses have ensured that Newtownabbey is firmly on the employment map with a range of building sizes and types that allow great flexibility to business occupiers in this highly accessible location.
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Back to the future for Derry drinks company

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Pragma Planning have assisted Exitoso on behalf of Niche Drinks in submitting a planning application on the old Leckpatrick Diary on Rossdowney Road. At the end of the 19th century and well into the early 20th century, Derry was a world leader in whiskey production, and the Watts Distillery at Abbey Street was the largest distillery in Ireland. Now local cream liqueur manufacturer Niche Drinks aims to revive that once proud tradition and are intent on building a new distillery in the town. Niche Drinks, formerly St. Brendan’s Irish Cream Liqueur Co., have been manufacturing and exporting cream liqueurs from their site at the old Leckpatrick Dairy on Rossdowney Road for almost 30 years, but as Managing Director Ciaran Mulgrew pointed out, keeping the site up to modern day production…
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Planning Approval for Ards Shopping Centre

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Environment Minister Alex Attwood announced yesterday his decision to grant planning permission for a £50 million extension to the Ards Shopping Centre in Newtownards. Pragma has been involved in this proposal for several years and has provided specialist retail planning advice to the owner over that time including gaining planning approval for several Certificates of Lawful Development. The development will reinvigorate and breathe new life into one of the oldest shopping centres in Northern Ireland providing certainty for its future. Planning Permission for this major retail development should result not only in significant job creation in the town but also provide a much needed boost for the local construction industry. The planning permission is for a two storey extension providing 22,263 sqm of gross floorspace (11,800sqm net retail floorspace) including…
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Pragma Planning Director presents paper at ISPER

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David Worthington - Director of Pragma Planning has been asked to present a paper at the 7th National Seminar on City Regions hosted by the Institute for Spatial Planning and Environmental Research in India. Director of Pragma Planning - David Worthington has been invited by ISPER to present a paper at their 7th National Seminar being held over the 5th and 6th April in the Hotel Maple Emerald, Rajokri, New Delhi. The theme for the seminar is "Emerging Frontiers for Spatial Planning: Development of Human Resources for Promoting Real Estate and Property Management" and will run over two days at the beginning of April. The Seminar will feature the Financial Commissioner and Principal Secretary to the Haryana Government's Industries, Commerce and IT Departments Mr. Y.S. Malik, IAS. It will also…
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