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Northern Ireland Office;Planning Service

Answer

Mr. Donaldson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many planning applications of a residential and commercial nature have been made in the Lagan Valley Regional Park, within the Borough of Lisburn, since the commencement of the Lagan Valley Regional Park Local Plan; and how many of these applications have received planning permission. [62904] Mr. Paul Murphy: Responsibility for the subject in question has been delegated to the Planning Service under its Chief Executive, Mr. T. W. Stewart. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given. Letter from T. W. Stewart to Mr. Jeffrey Donaldson, dated 10 December 1998: The Secretary of State has asked me to reply to your recent Question about planning permissions granted for residential and commercial developments in the Lagan Valley Regional Park, within the Borough of Lisburn, since the commencement of the Lagan Valley Regional Park Local Plan. Details of the number of applications submitted since the Plan was adopted on 13 March 1995 are set out in the table below. £ No. of _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Type of Application Applications No. Approved No. Refused No. Pending Industrial-Commercial 15 14 -- 1 Housing development (more 8 5 1 2 than one dwelling) Single dwellings 9 6 3 -- Extensions to dwellings 29 27 2 -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. You may wish to note that the vast majority of those applications approved are located within the Belfast Urban Area of the Park or in existing settlements. I do hope this provides all the information you require.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

62904; 322 c273-4W;322 c273W

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Planning permission Lagan Valley Regional Park

Contains statistics

Yes