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Belfast Urban Area Plan 2001

Plan Area: See below
Status: Adopted Plan
Date: December 1989
This Development Plan is not available on-line.Contact the Development Plan section in Belfast Divisional Planning Office for further details.
The Belfast Urban Area Plan 2001covers the Urban Areas within Belfast City Council, Castlereagh Borough Council, Lisburn Borough Council, Newtownabbey Borough Council and the area of North Down Borough Council contained within the innner edge of the Belfast Urban Area Green Belt.

Plan Area

The following built up areas of the Belfast conurbation are included in the Belfast Urban Area (BUA) Plan:
  • Belfast City Council,
  • Castlereagh Borough Council,
  • Lisburn Borough Council,
  • Newtownabbey Borough Council and
  • North Down Borough Council contained within the inner edge of the BUA Green Bel

BUA Green Belt

  • Antrim Borough Council,
  • Ards Borough Council,
  • Belfast City Council,
  • Carrickfergus Borough Council,
  • Castlereagh Borough Council,
  • Down District Council,
  • Lisburn Borough Council,
  • Newtownabbey Borough Council
  • North Down Borough Council

Associated publications

Following the publication of this Plan the below alterations were published:
  • Alteration No. 1 (Oct 1994): Abandonment of Highway Scheme – A6 Balmoral Avenue
  • Alteration No. 2 (Nov 1996): Abandonment of Certain Highway Schemes
  • Alteration No. 3 (January 1998): Abandonment of Certain Highway Schemes
Note
Whilst this plan remains a statutory instrument for its particular plan area, a new development plan covering this area has been prepared, which is the Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan 2015, published in draft form in November 2004.