AQW 29406/17-22


Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry


Tabled Date: 08/02/2022
Answered On Date: 16/02/2022
Priority Written: No


Question:
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.


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