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Metropolitan Castlereagh is an important
employment location and the Plan makes provision to further
develop this role by zoning a total of 161 hectares of land
for employment / industry of which 68 hectares is additional
to existing sites.
Zoned Employment / Industry lands are in a variety of
locations to allow for a range of industrial types and site
choice. All existing Employment / Industrial zonings are
identified on Map No. 2a – Metropolitan Castlereagh.
Applications for planning permission within these sites will
be determined in accordance with prevailing regional
planning policy and the Key Site Requirements in the Plan
where stipulated.
Employment / Industrial Zonings
The following sites MCH 07 – MCH 08 are zoned for Employment
/ Industry as identified on Map No. 2a – Metropolitan
Castlereagh.
The Department envisages Purdysburn MEL
developing as a Business Park within a generous landscape
setting incorporating Information Communication Technology
(ICT) uses, Medical / Biotechnology uses, Research and
Development and facilitating inward investment and local
businesses.
Zone A incorporates the Grahamholm Building, located in the
northern elevated portion of the site which acts as an
important land mark. Development proposals for this zone
shall take account of the existing landmark building and
shall retain a focal point at this location. The Department
would encourage reuse of this building where possible.
Zone B -The south-western portion of this area forms part of
an Historic Park, Garden and Demesne (Supplementary Site)
and includes two churches on elevated land contained within
their own landscape setting which are of significant
importance to the local landscape character.
Zone C - Some of the buildings within this area offer
potential for redevelopment and the Department will give
sympathetic consideration to the retention and reuse of
these where possible.
Detailed consultation with Rivers Agency, DARD will be
required.
Until upgrading of the trunk sewer from Carryduff to
Newtownbreda WWTW is carried out by Water Service DRD,
attenuation of sewage flows from an industrial development
may be required.
This is to prevent increase in the risk of out of sewer
flooding and/or the increase in operation of existing
combined storm overflows downstream of the development,
provision of attenuation will be at the developer’s expense.
Foul and storm sewage pumping stations may be required to
serve this site.
Existing foul and storm infrastructure is located within the
hospital site, and these may limit future development of the
site The existing Carryduff trunk sewer is located adjacent
to the southern boundary of the site.
The existing Mourne Conduit and Aquarius Pipeline crosses
the site and this may limit future development of the site.
Detailed consultation with Water Service, DRD will be
required regarding any Water Service infrastructure
requirements. Detailed consultation with Built Heritage,
Environment and Heritage Service, DOE.
Detailed consultation with Water Service, DRD will be
required regarding any Water Service infrastructure
requirements.
Detailed consultation with Rivers Agency, DARD will be
required. An existing combined sewer within the site may
limit future development of the site.
Upgrading of existing foul sewerage infrastructure may be
required.
Detailed consultation with Built Heritage, Environment and
Heritage Service, DOE will be required regarding the site’s
buried archaeological potential.
Existing Employment / Industrial Zonings
The following sites MCH 09 – MCH 15 are zoned as existing
Employment / Industry as identified on Map No. 2a –
Metropolitan Castlereagh.
Detailed consultation with
Water Service DRD will be required regarding any Water
Service infrastructure requirements for both the Northern /
Undeveloped portion of the site and the southern/developed
portion of the site.
Up-grading of existing foul sewerage infrastructure will be
required. Detailed consultation with Rivers Agency DARD will
be required.
Inspection of the existing culvert will need to be
undertaken to assess the structural condition of the culvert
prior to any development.
Foul and storm sewage pumping stations may be required to
serve development in the northern portion of the site.
An existing distribution watermain within the site may limit
future development of the site.
Existing sewers and watermains which run through southern
portion of the site may restrict future development in some
areas.
Existing Employment/Industry Zonings
The following sites MCH 10-MCH 15 are zoned as existing
Employment/Industry as identified on Map No. 2a –
Metropolitan Castlereagh.
Further details of the
existing employment / industrial sites as listed above are
set out in the Employment Technical Supplement.
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