Costa Coffee

Planning approval was obtained to construct a new café within the grounds of Shane Retail Park. Located off the Boucher Road in south Belfast, Shane Retail Park is one of Northern Ireland’s premier retail park locations where retailers include Homebase, Argos, Dreams, World of Furniture, Smyths Toys and Carpet Right.

Issues Encountered

• Availability of car parking
• Noise and odour

Our Involvement

We prepared a detailed Planning Statement to address the planning policy issues and appointed a Traffic Consultant to address car parking issues. We also arranged political support of the proposal through a process of lobbying relevant Councillors. The application was subsequently approved in November 2015.