21/10/2015
University Of Ulster To Appeal Planning Decision
The University of Ulster is planning to appeal the decision to prevent it from building homes on the site of its Jordanstown Campus.
In August, the council rejected the planning application to develop 600 homes.
Alliance Councillor Tom Campbell said the action is regrettable and it was turned down on its merits.
Councillor Campbell said: "Throughout this process the university failed to meaningfully consult with the local community, with its only consultation evening at which these plans were on show for local residents widely criticised because of its lack of advertising.
"Leaving aside these criticisms of a failure to engage with the local community which dogged the application throughout, it was rejected in part because of its scale and density and lack of sympathy or regard for the local area in which it was placed.
"There is huge local opposition to these plans and previous efforts to get across to the University that the scale of the plans was unacceptable continually fell on deaf ears."
(CD/JP)
In August, the council rejected the planning application to develop 600 homes.
Alliance Councillor Tom Campbell said the action is regrettable and it was turned down on its merits.
Councillor Campbell said: "Throughout this process the university failed to meaningfully consult with the local community, with its only consultation evening at which these plans were on show for local residents widely criticised because of its lack of advertising.
"Leaving aside these criticisms of a failure to engage with the local community which dogged the application throughout, it was rejected in part because of its scale and density and lack of sympathy or regard for the local area in which it was placed.
"There is huge local opposition to these plans and previous efforts to get across to the University that the scale of the plans was unacceptable continually fell on deaf ears."
(CD/JP)
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