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

Employment land and premises are essential to the future economic prosperity and growth of our Borough. The identification of a wide range of suitable opportunities is therefore a key role for the LDP

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

EMPLOYMENT A Place of Economic Opportunity 5

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

Provide a range and quality of land and premises to facilitate business growth, promote economic diversification and protect our strategically important employment locations including the Regional Gat

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

The Council will encourage the growth of indigenous businesses, promote innovation and proactively attract investment into our Borough to support enterprise and increase employment for the benefit of

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

The Council will identify and safeguard a range of sites for industrial/employment activity and business use in the Local Policies Plan focussed on Metropolitan Newtownabbey, Antrim, Ballyclare, Cruml

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

The Council will operate a 'Two-Tier' approach to the identification of land and premises for industrial/employment activity and its subsequent retention and protection from alternative use based on:

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

The Council does not intend to identify sites for employment-related developments in the smaller settlements of our Borough in the interests of flexibility. Industrial and business development proposa

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

The Council has identified existing strategically located industrial/employment sites (generally of 10 hectares or greater in size) as Strategic Employment Locations (SEL). These sites are listed in T

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

The Council also considers two new SELs are required, one in Antrim and, one in Ballyclare to meet the long-term industrial and business needs of these places. The location and boundaries of these sit

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

As the primary employment sites serving our Borough the Council will operate a presumption against the alternative use of land and premises in SELs to safeguard them for future employment purposes.

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

Metropolitan Newtownabbey Global Point, Monkstown Industrial Estate, Church Road, Mallusk, South of Antrim Road (Mallusk), North of Antrim Road (Mallusk), Antrim Rathenraw Industrial Estate, Newpark I

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

Until such time as the boundary of the SEL at BIA is identified, the Council will operate a presumption in favour of a wide range of industrial, business, airport related and other complementary emplo

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

In addition to SELs the Council will, where appropriate, identify other established industrial and business areas in Metropolitan Newtownabbey and our Borough's towns as Local Employment Sites. The lo

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

Whilst these sites will continue to facilitate current local employment needs and be safeguarded for such use, it is recognised that there may be potential for mixed-use redevelopment schemes to deliv

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

Developers should note that Major Planning Applications and other significant employment generating schemes and uses provide important opportunities for employment training and skills development with

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

Our Borough is home to a number of advanced manufacturing and engineering firms that employ a significant number of people and boasts the highest concentration of transport and logistics firms and emp

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

The aim of this policy is to promote core economic development schemes on zoned employment sites and to facilitate sustainable employment opportunities elsewhere in settlements that are appropriate to

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

Large-scale industrial development, business uses, call centres, research and development facilities, logistics and storage and distribution proposals will be directed towards Strategic Employment Loc

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

The aim of this policy is to ensure that appropriate sustainable economic development opportunities are available in the countryside to support rural communities and help sustain the rural economy, wh

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

Farm diversification, tourism development and the re-use of rural buildings all play an important role in supporting and sustaining jobs in the countryside. The Council also recognises the need to sup

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

The Council will support proposals for the expansion of an established rural enterprise or its redevelopment for industrial or business use within the confines of the existing site subject to normal p

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

Proposals involving a new building(s) and/or an expansion of the existing site area will be acceptable where it is demonstrated that: (a) There is a business need for the proposal and relocation of th

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

The Council may also support proposals for the redevelopment of an established industrial or business enterprise to provide a suitable tourist, recreation or community facility.

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

The Council will support a proposal for a major new industrial or economic development project where it is demonstrated that the proposal will make a significant contribution to the regional economy a

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

The aim of this policy is to prevent new development from jeopardising the operation of, and employment associated with, an existing or approved enterprise that contributes to the local economy. This

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

Policy DM 3: Economic Development – Incompatible Uses DM 3.1 The Council will operate a presumption against development near an existing or approved economic development use that would be incompatibl

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

Agricultural and Forestry Development Why we have this Policy 5.34 The aim of this policy is to ensure that the operational development needs of farm and forestry businesses are managed in an approp

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

DM 11.1 The Council will not permit the creation of any new accesses onto Motorways or High Standard Dual Carriageways. DM 11.2 Direct access or the intensification of use of an existing access onto

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

The Council will also operate a presumption against minerals development in Strategic Landscape Policy Areas, unless it can be demonstrated, that there is a regional need for the proposed mineral that

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

A Mineral Reserve Policy Area has been identified for the proven strategic lignite reserve to the south west of Crumlin, the precise boundary of which will be brought forward in the Local Policies Pla

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

The Borough is also home to an extensive lignite resource, located to the south west of Crumlin adjacent to Lough Neagh. The extent of the deposit has been established through geological prospecting (

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

In addition, the Council supports the regional policy position that there shall be no unconventional hydrocarbon extraction (which includes fracking) until such times as the full environmental impacts

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

The aim of this policy is to promote the sustainable use of our valuable minerals by balancing the need for exploitation of a particular reserve where it exists, against the potential adverse environm

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

In assessing proposals for mineral development, the Council will balance the case for the particular mineral working against the need to protect and conserve the natural and historic environment. The

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

Proposals for new minerals workings or the extension of existing workings will generally be supported where the following matters have been addressed to the satisfaction of the Council: (a) Disturbanc

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

The impact on the safety and amenity of local communities, residential property and businesses during and after development; The impact on landscape character, visual amenity, the historic environment

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

All proposals for mineral workings must demonstrate the necessary requirements in relation to The Planning (Management of Waste from Extractive Industries) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 with the

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

Developers will be required to submit sufficient information to accompany their proposals to show that these matters have been properly assessed and to demonstrate how any adverse impacts arising will

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

In order to minimise their potential visual impact on the landscape, mineral workings should, where possible, be located to take advantage of existing landforms and features. The Council will not supp

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

A programme of restoration that commits to a high quality, appropriate, safe and timely site restoration, must accompany all minerals proposals. Wherever possible this should be undertaken and complet

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

Applicants are encouraged to liaise with the Council at the early stages of any minerals proposal regarding the requirements for the submission of information/assessments, to determine the full impact

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

Information to be submitted will include a range of detail to demonstrate the full impact of the proposal, including but not limited to details of the operation of the site including use of machinery,

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

Site restoration plans will be conditioned as part of the grant of planning permission to ensure that sites are restored. The preferred types of reclamation and after-use will depend on a number of fa

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

Where appropriate, a planning agreement may be required and will act as a bond to ensure restoration and after care proposals are implemented. Such a financial guarantee will be made prior to planning

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

All applications will be subject to the requirements of the Planning (Management of Waste from Extractive Industries) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015. Where the waste from the extraction is identi

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

For a waste facility, the Regulations also set out a definition of a Category A waste facility, which is subject to additional controls set out in the Regulations. Where the application does not fall

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

The Council, working in partnership with statutory partners, will fully scrutinise development proposals with the potential to create pollution to ensure they do not result in any unacceptable impact

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

Waste can be regarded as the unwanted by-product of industrial, commercial and domestic activities, which has traditionally been sent to landfill sites. Managed in the right way, it can be a valuable

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

The Council will only support development proposals with the potential to cause significant pollution in terms of noise, air, water and light emissions where a detailed assessment report, on the level

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

Any detailed assessment report into the sources of pollution should be carried out by a suitably qualified professional.