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Ancillary Uses - what constitutes an ancillary use?

This planning issue has raised its head recently in a case surrounding a business park where a building within an existing park had an ancillary office use attached to a storage and distribution use.

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Retail Planning Sequential Test - Confirmation from The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court has considered the interpretation of the sequential test for retail development in Scotland (Tesco Stores v Dundee City Council) which has relevance to Northern Ireland Planning regime in so far as the form of words is largely similar. It also has relevance to retail applications

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Welcome to the website of Pragma Planning & Development Consultants Ltd.

We are a Belfast based Planning and Development consultancy offering the full range of Planning & Development Services and advice on all development related matters to a broad range of individual and corporate clients.  The Directors and Senior Professional Staff are either Chartered Town Planners (MRTPI) or Chartered Planning & Development Surveyors (MRICS).

At Pragma we understand the benefits of a close working relationship with all of our clients.  That is why the Directors like to keep a personal involvement in all cases being handled by the firm.  We believe this provides a more personal service and allows us to provide a bespoke service to each client.

Please feel free to browse through the various sections on this page to find out more about us, the services we offer and how we can help you.  We offer a full range of Town Planning Consultancy services and can now also offer Development Appraisal and other Surveying specialisms helping clients to achieve a more comprehensive development orientated service.

 

New Business Park gets Planning Permission.

Planning Permission granted for new business park in Newtownabbey.

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