An application to turn Common Market into a car park has been withdrawn.
There was an outcry last year after a planning application was submitted to Belfast City Council seeking to turn the popular food market into a short stay car park.
Green Party councillor Brian Smyth had expressed his outrage at the plans, starting a campaign against the application and has now said he is overjoyed to hear that it has been withdrawn.
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He said: "I found this morning that the application to turn Common Market into a car park has now been withdrawn.
"I began the campaign to save Common Market 6 months ago and it has had considerable public interest. As many value the space and it has helped breath life into a previously disused fruit and veg warehouse.
"I am overjoyed we've won this, but the battle for a Greener Cleaner Fairer City Centre goes on. We've still so much to do to regenerate large parts of it, but as a Green Councillor I'm committed to building something people centred that will last generations.
"We are fighting for the heart and soul of our city, let's deliver high quality green space, support investment and entrepreneurs and create jobs, instead of endless car parks, a gridlocked city and dirty air."
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