Belfast, UNITED KINGDOM

Partnername	Location
Belfast City Council.	Country	United Kingdom
	Region	Northern Ireland
	City	Belfast
	web	www.belfastcity.gov.uk

Action Planning in Belfast City, United Kingdom

Belfast City Council has a major waste landfill site which was the municipal waste site serving the greater metropolitan area of Belfast inhabited with a population of 650.000 citizens. The City Council is preparing plans to redevelop the landfill site to create new opportunities for economic and social developments that will bring significant benefits for the citizens of Belfast.

The Giant’s Park landfill (135 hectares)
The Giant’s Park landfill is a 135 hectare site, located 3 kilometres from the city centre, that has been reclaimed from the Belfast Lough over a 30-year period. Since 1973 some 10 million tons of waste material has been dumped at the site. The average depth of the waste material is 20 metres. The waste landfill operations at Giant's Park stopped in March 2007.

Today the Council is implementing site closure works involving consolidation and installing mineral capping and a gas extraction system producing electricity. A master plan to have the site redeveloped and transformed has been established. It includes a 95 hectare public park where local residents can enjoy high quality leisure and recreational facilities in a shared-space neutral environment. On an adjoining 45 hectare site an Environmental Resource Recovery Park is planned. Giant’s Park is a € 62 million project with a phased completion beginning in 2010 and finishing in 2017.

Giant's Park Project has a range of stakeholders who have an interest in the redevelopment of the site such as Political Members, Government Departments, Voluntary Groups Royal Society for protection of birds, Business and Community interest and Private Sector Developers & Investors.

Please find an animation video at www.belfastcity.gov.uk/giantspark

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