North plan seeks to consolidate Belfast area

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2004 / March 5 2004: North plan seeks to consolidate Belfast area

The regional development strategy for Northern Ireland, Shaping our Future, is similar in intent to the Republic's national spatial strategy. The main features of its planning guidelines are the consolidation of the Belfast Metropolitan Area (BMA) and its hinterland in the east; the development of the "major regional city" of Derry and its "associated sub-region in the north-west" (including Donegal); and protection of rural Northern Ireland. In addition to the regional gateways of Belfast and Derry and the gateway town and seaport of Larne, the strategy identifies two other centres - Newry and Enniskillen - which have a "major inter-regional role", based largely on access.

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