Local Development Plan

C | GROWING OUR CITY, TOWN CENTRES, RETAILING AND OFFICES
As referred to in Part 6, research on the policy context and evidence base
for the Local Development Plan identified the following strategic
objective which informs the discussion of the key issues and options:
Strategic Objective C: Growing Our City, Town Centres, Retailing and
Offices
• To develop strategic policy to protect and promote the City and
town centres as places to work, shop and visit
• To promote Lisburn City Centre as a vibrant destination offering a
mix of shopping, employment, high-grade office development,
leisure and community uses
• To promote the development of the night time economy to ensure
vibrant and thriving city and town centres to maximise economic
growth and create further opportunity for enhancing their vitality
and viability
• To promote the regeneration and reuse of existing buildings and
previously-developed land for mixed use development, whilst
maintaining environmental quality and residential amenity
• To support the role of Sprucefield as a regional retailing destination
at a key strategic location within Northern Ireland.
identify further opportunities for growth in this sector within the City and
town centres.
These Strategies will be shaped by the options presented in this paper
which are subject to sustainability appraisal.
The following seven Key Issues have been identified:
• Key Issue 11: Growing Lisburn City Centre
• Key Issue 12: Strengthening Town Centres
• Key Issue 13: Sprucefield Regional Shopping Centre
• Key Issue 14: Strengthening District and Local Centres
• Key Issue 15: Growing the Night-Time Economy
• Key Issue 16: Promoting Office Development within the City,
Town, District & Local Centres
• Key Issue 17: City Centre Development Opportunity Sites
For each of these key issues a number of options have been presented
and the Council’s Preferred Option is identified. In some instances, only
one option is identified where alternative options have not been
considered possible/viable.
Growth of the City, Town Centres, Retailing and Offices will be facilitated
by the Retailing and Office Strategy. This Retailing Strategy will aim to
support Lisburn City as the focus of administration, commercial, cultural
and retailing activity and grow its retail offer and at the same time
promote Sprucefield as a Regional Shopping Centre. Regeneration of the
three towns in the Council area is also important to support the vitality
and viability of town centres, and growth of the designated District and
Local Centres. In addition, the LDP will provide an Office Strategy to
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Key Issues and Options