A new social housing estate for West Belfast has been approved despite warnings at City Hall that the plan involved “poor place making” in a space that was “in the middle of an industrial site”.
Belfast City Council ’s planning officers this week recommended that elected representatives reject a plan for a social housing led, mixed tenure residential development of 139 units at the former Kennedy Enterprise Centre, north of Westwood Shopping Centre, Blackstaff Road, Belfast BT11.
The plan involves 52 dwelling houses and 87 apartments, with public open space, a children's play park, landscaping, car parking, associated site works and infrastructure and access arrangements from Blackstaff Road. The developer, Johncorp (No.2) Ltd, care of Rushmere House Cadogan Park, has promised a baseline of 80 percent social housing at the development.
