AQW 29406/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Finance
To ask the Minister of Finance to detail (i) the number of business premises that have been vacated in each of the last five years in the town centres of (a) Coleraine; (b) Limavady; (c) Portrush; (d) Portstewart; (e) Kilrea; (f) Garvagh; and (g) Dungiven; and (ii) the corresponding number of business premises newly occupied in each of these years.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 8 February 2022
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 8 February 2022
- Answer due by
- 23 February 2022
- Answered
- 16 February 20228 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Finance
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The table attached provides an analysis of change in vacancy status of non-domestic properties in the town centres of Coleraine, Limavady, Portrush and Portstewart over a 5 year period. Since information is not available for the town centres of Dungiven, Garvagh and Kilrea, Ward level data has been provided for the wards of Kilrea, Garvagh and Dungiven over the same time period.
| Category | Coleraine | Dungiven* | Garvagh* | Kilrea* | Limavady | Portrush | Portstewart |
| Occupied for past 5 years | 441 | 111 | 133 | 160 | 201 | 108 | 80 |
| 63.5% | 65.3% | 79.2% | 78.4% | 69.8% | 80.0% | 73.4% | |
| Vacant for past 5 years | 112 | 28 | 20 | 25 | 28 | 13 | 9 |
| 16.1% | 16.5% | 11.9% | 12.3% | 9.7% | 9.6% | 8.3% | |
| Vacated after a period of occupancy [been vacated] | 85 | 23 | 10 | 11 | 34 | 5 | 15 |
| 12.2% | 13.5% | 6.0% | 5.4% | 11.8% | 3.7% | 13.8% | |
| Occupied after a period of vacancy [been occupied] | 57 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 9 | 5 |
| 8.2% | 4.7% | 3.0% | 3.9% | 8.7% | 6.7% | 4.6% | |
| Total number of Non-Domestic Properties in each town* | 695 | 170 | 168 | 204 | 288 | 135 | 109 |
| * Ward level data | |||||||