Car parking standards within the designated Area of Parking Restraint will be assessed in accordance with Policy TRANS 4 in Part 3, Volume 1 of the Plan.
Car parking standards within the designated Area of Parking Restraint will be assessed in accordance with Policy TRAN 4 in Part 3, Volume 1 of the Plan. This applies a standard of 1.5 spaces per dwelling and for non residential parking, 1 space per 50 square metres of non operational and 1 space per 930 square metres for operational space.

The Belfast Metropolitan Transport Plan (BMTP) proposes a number of transportation initiatives that will further enhance the accessibility of Lisburn City Centre. In order to encourage greater use of public transport and more walking and cycling, thereby reducing car dependency, a range of measures are proposed which include:

• The development of an integrated network of Quality Walking Routes and cycle routes including the provision of improved links to bus and rail stations;
   

• Improvements to local bus services and inter urban bus services with improved frequencies on core routes supported by the introduction of bus priority measures at key junctions and in the city centre one way system;
   

• The redevelopment of the Smithfield Square bus station with improved facilities and a contra-flow bus lane that will enable buses to access the bus station without having to pass round the full one way system and
   

• The provision of more parking at Lisburn Railway station in the City Centre.

BMTP also proposes a number of measures aimed at improving the quality of the urban environment in the city centre of Lisburn. The following measures are proposed:

• The retention of the one-way system but with further traffic management measures that aim to reduce the severing effect of traffic on the city centre area, while maintaining accessibility for all modes of transport. A range of measures will be required and will be developed in detail but are expected to include:

- network optimisation measures to deter through traffic from 
  using one way system and thereby seeking to route along 
  the orbital road, including the implementation of an Urban 
  Traffic Control (UTC) system;

- further traffic calming of streets in the city centre area and,
  as part of the wider BMA traffic calming proposals, the
  introduction of calming schemes on residential and access
  roads around the city centre area.

• The introduction, subject to appropriate funding arrangements and a detailed business case review, of a Lisburn City Centre-Sprucefield bus shuttle to encourage visitors to Sprucefield to also visit Lisburn CityCentre. This will be supported by the implementation of bus priority measures between Sprucefield and Lisburn; and
   

• The more effective management of city centre car parking to reduce the amount of long stay parking and to maximise the use of short stay spaces, though with no significant expansion of the number of public and private car parking spaces available unless essential for support new development. Parking requirements for new developments will be in accordance with relevant parking standards.