Local Development Plan

Option for Key Issue 7: Purdysburn Mixed Use Site Major Employment Location (MEL)
Option 7A Preferred Option
Retain the existing Purdysburn Major Employment
Location as a Mixed Use site: this option retains the
status quo, which aims to promote the site as a highquality
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.
Reason
The Purdysburn MEL provides a unique opportunity within the Council area for a high-quality ICT/Medical
business park within a high-quality landscape setting on the main A24 Saintfield Road, the Belfast-Downpatrick
Metropolitan Transport Corridor (MTC) as identified in the Belfast Metropolitan Transport Plan (BMTP).
It is recommended that the existing and proposed uses identified in the existing Development Plan (BMAP) are
retained. The Grahamholm Building in the northern portion of the site acts as an important landmark and
Purdysburn House Historic Park, Garden and Demesne provides a valuable asset to the south-west of the site.
Have your say! Please use the Council’s Preferred Options Response Form to submit your response to this Preferred Option.
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