'A Seagull Flying over the Titanic Quarter,' says Mark Hackett. 'That is the only three-dimensional drawing over 12 volumes of paper.' Hackett is an architect, previously of award-winning Hackett Hall McKnight, who now runs Forum for Alternative Belfast which is at the forefront of re-imagining the city. It is advocate, ginger group and project office in one small community interest company. Hackett is describing the Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan and clearly has very little faith in Northern Ireland's planning system, especially BMAP. 'It's merely a land-use plan, it has very little vision or tie to regeneration.
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