Preferred options paper (POP)

About the preferred options paper

The Preferred Options Paper (POP) was published on 26 January 2017 and was open for consultation until 5pm on Thursday 20 April 2017. 

The POP outlined: 

• the vision, objectives and key planning issues affecting the city
• possible options on how to deliver new development and planned growth
• what our preferred options are and the rationale for that preference

The POP was a key opportunity for the public and other stakeholders to shape the future plan. 

The main documents published alongside the Topic papers that provided the evidence base are listed below: 

• POP001 Preferred Options Paper 
• POP002 Preferred Options Paper Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report 
• POP003 Preferred Options Paper Sustainability Appraisal Interim Report
• POP027 Preferred Options Paper Equality Impact Assessment
• POP005 Preferred Options Paper Countryside Assessment
• POP006 Belfast Housing Growth Options
• POP007 Assessing Employment Space Requirements

All the Preferred Options Paper documents published for consultation are available in the Local Development Plan Document Library. The list of the published documentation for the Preferred Options Paper is also provided in the Document Library. 

The consultation responses to the Preferred Options Paper were carefully considered and have been presented in the POP026 Preferred Options Paper Consultation Report which is also available to download from the Document Library. 

More information

If you have any queries on accessing the documentation, contact the Planning Office at localdevelopmentplan@belfastcity.gov.uk.

Our Planning team can also help on 028 9050 0510.