J3477 : Giant's Park sign, Belfast - June 2017(2)

taken 7 years ago, 4 km NNE of Belfast, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

Giant's Park sign, Belfast - June 2017(2)
Giant's Park sign, Belfast - June 2017(2)
A second estate agents’ sign, beside the Dargan Road. This one refers to the development of a “CleanTech Hub” on part of the Giant’s Park site. The Belfast City Council website records “Commercial estate agents Lisney have been appointed to market the Environmental Resource Park to potential occupiers, investors and developers. A comprehensive campaign exposes the opportunities to local, national and international audiences” and “As well as making Belfast a world leader in green technology, the resource park, also known as a CleanTech Hub, will benefit citizens by: creating over 300 new jobs in green technologies open up new career opportunities, especially for young people and other disadvantaged groups deliver training and other opportunities during construction levering in additional private sector investment generate extra income for us, through rates and rents, which could be used to fund further development work at Giant’s Park and across the city help local businesses to boost productivity, drive efficiency and lower energy consumption developing greener, cheaper solutions for homeowners and businesses promote Belfast internationally.”
The Giant's Park - north foreshore former landfill site, Belfast :: J3578

The landfill site at the north foreshore (Co Antrim side) of Belfast Lough was in use from 1958 to 2007. Now covered by grass Belfast City Council is considering futures uses for the site (20 February 2014) “At more than 340 acres, the North Foreshore of Belfast Lough is the largest development site in the city. The former landfill facility is managed by the council, and plans are underway to develop a green economy business park on the site, which is next to the M2 motorway . . . . Options may include sites suitable for businesses involving in reducing waste, recycling materials, environmental research and renewable energy. The North Foreshore will also provide new areas for recreation and leisure but, again, no decision has been taken about how it will be developed for these purposes”.

The southern part of the site, close to the Dargan Road, has the following planning permission (26 February 2016) “LA04/2015/1605/F Film studios complex comprising production, studio and workshop buildings, associated service yards, car parking, access to service roads under construction (Z/2014/1279/F), landscaping and ancillary works including 3No stand alone transformer compounds, security hut and proposed headwall (amended description) Land approximately 300m north of Dargan Road (North of Belfast City Council Waste Management Facility) adjacent to Belfast Lough Belfast (within wider Belfast City Council lands known as North Foreshore/Giant's park with access from Dargan Road)“.
The following is a quotation from a Belfast Harbour statement dated 21 April 2016 “Work on Belfast’s newest film studio has begun ‘on location’ at Giant’s Park, Belfast. The £20m project, which will include over 120,000 sq ft of studios, workshops and offices, is being developed by Belfast Harbour.”

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Thursday, 22 June, 2017   (more nearby)
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Thursday, 22 June, 2017
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Construction, Development 
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Belfast 
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Irish: geotagged! J 349 777 [100m precision]
WGS84: 54:37.7877N 5:54.6833W
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Irish: geotagged! J 349 777
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