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Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

Exceptional development within high flood risk areas must make provision for adequate mitigation measures; Ensure surface water drainage is adequately addressed; and Planning policy should promote sus

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

The UK Marine Policy Statement (MPS) was published in September 2011 and was prepared and adopted under the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009. The statement provides the policy framework for the Mari

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

The draft Marine Plan for Northern Ireland was published in April 2018 by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA). The draft Marine Plan has been developed within the fram

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

Under Section 8 of the Marine Act (NI) 2013 the Council must take any authorisation or enforcement decision in accordance with any appropriate marine plan unless relevant considerations indicate other

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

Promote sustainable growth by managing development and securing new infrastructure provision in our settlements, countryside and coast to meet the needs of all our citizens.

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

In addition any development proposal which affects or might affect the whole or any part of the marine area of Belfast Lough must accord with the provisions of the UK Marine Policy Statement and the D

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

Spatial Growth Strategy (a) Focus core growth in Metropolitan Newtownabbey and the Major Hub Town of Antrim, based upon existing committed development allocations and strengthen their roles as the pri

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

Promote sustainable growth by managing development and securing new infrastructure provision in our settlements, countryside and coast to meet the needs of all our citizens.

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

Developers will be required to submit a supporting statement to accompany all proposals for tourism development that demonstrates how the proposal meets the following criteria: (a) The development is

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

Be designed to withstand predicted changes in local climate and to reduce the risk of flooding on site; and

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

Natural heritage can be defined as habitats, species, landscapes and earth science features, many of which are of such importance that they are designated under International or European legislation.

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

The Council will operate a presumption in favour of development that protects, and where appropriate enhances, the overall landscape character, seascape character and specific landscape features of ou

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

The Council has identified the following Strategic Landscape Policy Areas and their precise boundaries will be brought forward in the Local Policies Plan: • Belfast Basalt Escarpment; • Carnmoney Hill

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

Our Borough has a short coastline onto Belfast Lough which is recognised as an area of significant environmental importance. To help protect this important natural heritage asset and landscape feature

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

Other natural heritage assets will be designated through the LDP process. The Landscape Character Assessment undertaken for the Plan Strategy has identified a number of distinctive landscapes that are

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

Development within the Lough Neagh & Lough Beg Strategic Landscape Policy Area will be strictly controlled and limited to the following: (a) The appropriate extension, alteration or change of use of e

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

The aim of this policy is to protect, and where possible, enhance the coastal area of our Borough. This aim has taken account of and is consistent with the provisions of the SPPS. The coast of our Bo

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

Development within the Belfast Lough Coastal Policy Area will be strictly controlled and limited to the following: (a) Development of such national or regional importance that outweighs any detrimenta

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

All development proposals along or adjacent to the Belfast Lough Coastal Policy Area should consider their impact on seascape character and how they can enhance the area, including its nature conserva

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

It should be noted that, in addition to the policy provisions set out in this policy, all development proposals which affect or might affect the whole or any part of the marine area (which includes th

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

To facilitate sustainable minerals development in the Borough, the Council will balance the need for a specific development against the need to safeguard local communities and the environment against

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

In addition to the assessment of impacts outlined above, the Council has developed and will apply the following Spatial Framework for wind energy development. Group 1: Areas where wind turbines will

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

There are a number of sources of flooding that may impact on our Borough. Both Antrim and Ballyclare as well as parts of Metropolitan Newtownabbey have all been affected by fluvial (river) flooding in

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

Flooding from rivers and coastal waters is a natural phenomenon that cannot be entirely prevented. It constitutes a temporary covering of land by water and can have a significant impact on human activ

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

Flood plains store and convey water during times of flood and are critically important to the functioning of the wider flood management system. New development within a flood plain will not only be at

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

DM 46.1 The Council will not permit development within the flood plains of rivers or the sea unless one of the following exceptions apply: (a) Defended Areas: The development of previously developed

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

Land raising operations, which involve the permanent elevation of a site to a level above the flood plain in order to facilitate development, will not be acceptable in river flood plains. Land raising

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

Flood plains are the generally flat areas adjacent to watercourses or the sea where water flows in time of flooding or would flow but for the presence of flood defences. The extent of a flood plain is

Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)

defence works or flood storage compensation schemes proposed by a developer, will not be acceptable as justification to allow development in a flood plain to proceed. Exceptionally land raising may be