A study is set to be commissioned on ideas for the future development of Belfast City Centre.

Belfast City Council's City Growth and Regeneration Committee, the Department for Infrastructure and the Department for Communities have agreed to deliver the study, which will assess ways to improve pedestrian enjoyment and sustainable transport access across the city.

This review will include an examination of models of pedestrianisation following a motion put forward to Council in May to permanently pedestrianise part of the city centre. It came on the back of the success of a temporary park implemented at Castle Place due to the Bank Buildings cordon.

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Engagement between the Council, Department for Infrastructure and the Department for Communities is expected to continue over the coming months.

According to the chair of Belfast City Council's City Growth and Regeneration Committee, Councillor Deirdre Hargey, the organisations are exploring options to "strike a balance between creating a functioning, successful city to support businesses and trade, and developing green urban play and family spaces".

The decision of the City Growth and Regeneration Committee is subject to ratification of full Council when it next meets in July.

(CM/JG)