EZ Living

Planning approval was obtained to install an internal trading mezzanine floor into an existing retail warehouse unit to accommodate a new retail entrant to Northern Ireland, EZ Living. 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

• Retail Impact on existing centres
• Sequential assessment of town centre sites
• Need
• Availability of car parking

Our Involvement

We prepared a detailed Planning Statement to address the planning policy issues and also 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 July 2016.