Ritchie Welcomes Victoria Square Award

NI Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie has welcomed a major planning prize for the Victoria Square Regeneration Scheme.

The Department for Social Development (DSD) and BDP were awarded the Silver Jubilee Cup, the UK’s top planning prize, at the 2009 Royal Town Planning Institute (RPTI) awards. In a ceremony celebrating the best planning projects across the UK and Ireland, DSD and BDP were recognised for their work on the Victoria Square project.


Margaret Ritchie said: "This award recognises the important regeneration work my Department is carrying out in Belfast City Centre and indeed throughout all of Northern Ireland. I welcome that Northern Ireland’s excellence in regeneration and planning has been recognised by RTPI.

"I want to set out a powerful vision for urban regeneration and economic development across Northern Ireland. Developments such as Victoria Square are helping to do this and instilling a new confidence in our urban centres."

(NS/BMcC)