Waterfront Residential Development Opportunity (subject to planning) 99 Belfast Road, Carrickfergus,

Waterfront Residential Development Opportunity (subject to planning) For Sale – 99 Belfast Road, Carrickfergus, BT38 8PJ Property currently comprises a former factory, set back off the main A2 road, which has been vacant for c. 10 years. It is being offered as a potential residential development

Waterfront Residential Development Opportunity (subject to planning)

For Sale – 99 Belfast Road, Carrickfergus, BT38 8PJ

Property currently comprises a former factory, set back off the main A2 road, which has been vacant for c. 10 years. It is being offered as a potential residential development opportunity.

The property is situated on a broadly rectangular plot of land fronting on to the main Belfast Road. Access to the property is currently via a minor entrance off the Belfast Road. An approved scheme upgrading this access will form part of the proposed development (See later).

Planning History

The property is located within the development limit of Carrickfergus and is subject to the following planning
history.

V/2008/0131/O 99 Belfast Road, Carrickfergus.

Demolition of redundant factory, erection of residential development, landscaping, parking and access (80 units max), 15 February 2017.

LA02/2018/0926/F 99 Belfast Road, Carrickfergus.

Variation of Condition 4 of approval V/2008/0131/O to provide alternative access from Belfast Road, 9 March 2020.

The subject land is sustainably located within the established development limits of Carrickfergus on the site of a redundant, former textile factory which has ‘previously developed/brownfield land’ status, the redevelopment of which for housing is strongly supported by planning policy.

Outline planning permission (in principle) was granted on 15 February 2017 subject to a number of conditions (Ref No V/2008/0131/O) to demolish the existing redundant factory buildings and erect a residential development with associated landscaping, parking and access. The application was accompanied by an ‘indicative’ site layout of 80 residential properties. The original planning permission required the acquisition of a very small area of third party land to facilitate a proposed site access onto Sloefield Road.

Parties were unable to meet a satisfactory agreement on value. As a consequence, approval for an alternative site access via Belfast Road was sought. Planning permission Ref No LA02/2018/0926/F was granted subject to conditions on 09 March 2020 for the alternative access. The period for the submission of reserved matters has now expired, while the permission for the alternative approved access expires on 15 February 2022.

In summary, the physical land use principle of housing on the subject land is firmly established on account of recent planning permissions and is strongly supported by current planning policy which presumes in favour of redeveloping sustainably located, redundant ‘previously developed/brownfield land’ within established development limits. Within this context, a detailed planning application for residential development on the site taking access off Belfast Road would be considered favourably subject to appropriate scale, design and density and satisfactorily meeting all infrastructural requirements.

For further information contact;
Farningham Planning Ltd
The Bourse, Suite 107
47 Timber Bush
Leith
Edinburgh
EH6 6QH
Tel:0131 555 7578
Mob: 07768 952610
Email: alan.farningham@farnmac.co.uk