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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.

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…

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…

DoE Planning has granted Planning Permission for a new residential housing scheme in Abbeyville Place, Newtownabbey. Pragma Planning have been instrumental in obtaining Planning Permission for a new residential development at Abbeyville Place, Newtownabbey. The scheme is for a mix of house types including semi-detached, townhouses and apartments.

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…

The Justice Minister welcomed Environment Minister's announcement of DOE's intention to grant Planning Permission for a forensic science laboratory in Carrickfergus. In a statement on the DoE's website yesterday Justice Minister David Ford welcomed Mark H Durkan’s announcement of DOE planning approval for a forensic science laboratory in Carrickfergus. The £12million capital investment will provide a state-of the-art building for DNA processing and evidence recovery facilities at the current site of Forensic Science Northern Ireland (FSNI) at Seapark, Carrickfergus. Environment Minister Mark H Durkan said: “This is a major economic boost for East Antrim. This facility will bring significant investment to the Carrickfergus area and construction jobs in the short term.” Justice Minister David Ford said: “I welcome the decision by my Executive colleague Mark H Durkan to grant planning…