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£140m regeneration plan for Belfast’s North Foreshore Giant’s Park approved

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Plans worth £140 million to regenerate a former landfill site have been approved by Belfast City Council.A 250-acre portion of Giant’s Park, North Foreshore, will be transformed with a commercial leisure and mixed-use development under the proposals.It is hoped that a £93 million visitor attraction made up of four hubs – a welcome hub, a leisure and sports-innovation hub, an adventure hub and a theme-park hub – will completed by 2026.The lease of two sites was also agreed for a proposed £27 million data centre and a £20m anaerobic digestion facility to generate and export electricity from organic waste.The plans were considered by the council’s strategic policy and resources committee and ratified by full council last night.