TSA Planning welcomes the opportunity to sponsor the Regeneration Project of the Year category of this year’s Belfast Telegraph Property Awards.
The continued redevelopment of the city is something the eight-strong TSA team is passionate about.
And repurposing of existing buildings remains key to delivering the social, economic and environmental change needed to see the city continue to go from strength to strength.
TSA Planning, led by Tom Stokes, is one of Northern Ireland’s leading independent planning consultancies, and was recognised as RTPI UK Small Planning Consultancy of the Year 2023.
The team has a wealth of experience in all areas of planning consultancy and has acted for residential and commercial property developers, national retailers, financial institutions, healthcare providers and others on planning schemes of varying size, scale and complexity.
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TSA Planning has secured planning for over 4,500 new student beds which has helped improve footfall and vitality in the city in the ever-changing landscape post-Covid.
The demand for purpose-built student accommodation has been fuelled by both universities, with the award-winning new Ulster University transforming the northern part of our city and acting as a major catalyst for regeneration.
Elsewhere in the city, Weavers Cross, which will be the largest integrated transport hub on the island of Ireland, is hurtling towards completion and should be a game changer for public transport in the city along with the wider roll-out of the additional Glider routes.
In addition to acting on many of the new major developments around the city, the team has advised on the repurposing of historic assets including Custom House Square, Pearl Assurance, the Robinson & Cleaver building and Scottish Mutual.
The team is also currently working on development projects for further hotel bed spaces and housing proposals to include social, affordable and private housing.
TSA’s focus expands further afield than Belfast, with the team having worked on planning applications that seek to improve the residential and commercial placemaking opportunities within all 11 council areas across Northern Ireland.
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Examples include various large-scale residential projects for thousands of new homes which seek to meet the needs of their specific communities.
Mr Stokes, managing director of TSA, and a council member of Belfast Chamber, cites the continued importance of regeneration and redevelopment to the success of the region.
“Belfast has seen significant redevelopment over the past number of decades but there remains more to do, especially with regard to improving the quality of our public realm and spaces that connect places,” he said.
“The continued redevelopment and regeneration of the city is key to the economic success of the region as a whole and this requires a focused, cohesive effort from all stakeholders and government departments.
“The work being done by local developers in repurposing and retrofitting existing buildings plays a huge part in driving the city forward, whether that is building more residential accommodation for students, providing additional hotel bed spaces to maximise tourism, creating additional space for employment or building essential public realm or community spaces for residents to enjoy.”
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