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Police barracks site plan opposed | Police barracks site plan opposed |
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Plans for the development of the site of a former west Belfast police station have met with oppositon. | Plans for the development of the site of a former west Belfast police station have met with oppositon. |
The Department of Social Development has appointed the Carvill Group as the preferred developer for the former Andersonstown security base. | The Department of Social Development has appointed the Carvill Group as the preferred developer for the former Andersonstown security base. |
The company wants to build a six story block to include about 30 flats, several shops and a community facility. | The company wants to build a six story block to include about 30 flats, several shops and a community facility. |
But at a public meeting on Wednesday night local people said they had not been consulted about the plans. | But at a public meeting on Wednesday night local people said they had not been consulted about the plans. |
They said they would oppose the development until they were. | They said they would oppose the development until they were. |
The station closed in January 2005 and the site was then sold for development. | The station closed in January 2005 and the site was then sold for development. |
The DSD said that when it acquired the site, it did so "on the understanding that any proposed development must include a clear benefit to the local community". | |
"The proposal by the Carvill Group, the appointed developer, includes an extensive 4500 sq ft space specifically for use by the local community at a nominal rent, as part of a mixed-use development of retail and residential units," it said. | |
"Without DSD's intervention, the site would have been sold on the open market and could have been either landbanked by speculators or else developed without any community use." |