Appendix A: Summary methodology
The employment land monitor measures net gains and losses in employment floorspace within the Belfast City Council area. It provides a snapshot of the amount of land available for employment as of 1 April each year. The Monitor demonstrates the presence of an adequate and continuous supply of employment land in the city and provides evidence to inform the preparation of the Local Development Plan and to make planning decisions. The Monitor presents a register of potential employment land, based on current planning policy designations and planning permissions, rather than an accurate picture of viable employment land.
An Urban Capacity Study will be undertaken from time to time to assess the suitability, availability and achievability of monitored sites to ensure the land required to facilitate the required jobs growth over the plan period is met. An Urban Capacity Study for Belfast (PDF) was published in March 2018.
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Annual inputs
- Employment planning approvals
- Loss of employment approvals
- Records of building completion
Periodic inputs
Zoned employment land and urban capacity study
Annual survey
- Add new sites
- Update floorspace commenced
- Update floorspace completed
- Remove sites where permission expired
- Desk-based research and site visits
- Mark sites as 'not started', 'ongoing' or 'completed'
Annual report
Summary report published with:
- employment floorspace completed each year and remaining potential capacity of land
- area of land developed and remaining land for employment uses
The report presents findings split into:
- overall city totals
- location of site
- city centre
- employment zonings
- rest of city
