RESPONDING TO A STRONG HOUSING MARKET

Following emergence from lockdown there has been a very healthy residential market with sales and prices on the rise over the last six months.

In terms of the longer term planning pipeline we have been progressing several housing sites across Northern Ireland and through 2020 have secured valuable planning permissions across the province.

It is pleasing to see construction well underway in Ballyclare which will see a new link road connect Templepatrick Road to Doagh Road including a new bridge over the Six Mile Water as an initial southern phase of the wider Ballyclare Relief road.

Clyde Shanks secured reserved matters approval for this new residential development with c230 new homes which includes a local neighbourhood centre and riverside parkland. Lotus Homes has purchased the site from our client the Neptune Group and is on site and making good progress. We are continuing to progress the reserved matters submissions for the residual lands for c.700 dwellings with the Department for Infrastructure. In terms of progress elsewhere we have secured planning permission at Comber Road, Dundonald for a mixed use development comprising 119 units and c.30,000 sq.ft of business start-up space. That was the subject of a legal agreement with Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council where the phasing of the employment is legally tied to housing completions.

In addition, we have secured two recent planning permissions at Belvoir Park – a fourth phase of development comprising 79 new build apartments including amendments to previously approved conversion and extension to existing listed buildings.

We continue to advance applications for major housing in Lisburn, Belfast, Bangor, Hillsborough, Limavady and Magherafelt with notable successes in Moneymore, Portrush, Portstewart, Rasharkin, Newry and across Greater Belfast.

Please get in touch and we will help you to navigate through the pre-application community consultation and engagement with the local Council and co-ordinate a robust package to secure value generating permission.