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

Our Priorities (a) Antrim and Newtownabbey is a place where people of all ages value their health and wellbeing and look after it in a variety of ways and encourage others to do so too; (b) Exercise a

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

Our Priorities (a) Getting around our Borough is easier for those who don't have access to a car and for those who would prefer a more active mode of transport; (b) Our town and village centres are vi

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

Public transport provision remains a key issue in the Antrim and Newtownabbey area, especially for those residents who are elderly, economically and/or socially disadvantaged, or with no access to a c

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

It is important that the Council seeks to improve the health and wellbeing of those who live within the Borough. Open spaces should be protected and accessible for all to enjoy and the creation of acc

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

To assist the delivery of sustainable development, the Council will require developers to provide impact assessments in association with planning applications where this is necessary to allow proper c

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

The Council will work with its statutory partners and other stakeholders to bring forward measures that will support our Borough's centres, enhance the quality of retail floor space and reduce overall

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

High quality transportation links facilitate the effective and efficient movement of people, goods and services across the Borough and support inward investment and help maintain a vibrant economy. Pr

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

The Council will work with DfI Roads and public transport operators to deliver major improvements to our existing transportation infrastructure with the aim of creating an integrated transport network

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

The Council will work with its statutory partners to actively promote and manage sustainable patterns of growth that make the fullest use of public transport with enhanced accessibility for all across

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

Good transportation links, a choice of sustainable transport modes and improving accessibility to all, are important to furthering sustainable development and improving the economic vitality and attra

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

It is important that the way we manage parking within our Borough balances the provision of accessible parking for commuters, shoppers and visitors but does not increase congestion and its associated

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

The Council recognises there is a need to encourage improvements in the design, quality and standards of new housing development across the Borough in an effort to create safer, more attractive and su

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

For proposals of 20 units or more, a minimum of 20% must demonstrate how the 'Lifetime Homes' approach has been taken account of, to ensure that new developments are accessible to all and will assist

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

To help meet the full range of housing needs advocated in the SPPS, the Council will also encourage the 'Lifetime Homes' approach, as well as

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

The aim of this policy is to help meet the accommodation needs of those individuals whose needs cannot be readily met through the provision of general housing. This aim has taken account of and is con

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

The Council will support proposals for specialist residential accommodation such as sheltered housing, nursing homes and residential care homes, where all the following criteria are met: (a) The homes

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

When assessing proposals the Council will give careful consideration to the impact of extensions in terms of scale, massing, design and materials, as well as the appropriateness of the alteration to t

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

The Council will give sympathetic consideration to proposals where an extension or alteration is required for a person with a disability or whose mobility is otherwise impaired. If imaginative and inn

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

The Council will operate a presumption against the loss of existing community infrastructure, including open space of public value, to competing uses. Proposals for new community facilities and servic

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

The Council will also expect new development proposals to facilitate and improve linkages and accessibility to local community infrastructure and help maximise opportunities to promote healthy and act

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

The Council for its part is responsible for a wide range of community and recreational facilities including community centres, leisure centres, public parks, sports pitches and play areas, with existi

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

The Council also wishes to take the opportunity afforded by new residential development to help deliver improvements in our Borough's community infrastructure and assist in promoting better health and

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

Positive placemaking and good design are key components in the delivery of high quality, attractive and sustainable places within our Borough, places that respect and reflect local character, places w

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

Promote accessible and inclusive places for all; taking particular account of those with impaired mobility;

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

The Council will encourage good accessibility for all members of society, including those users with impaired mobility and this should be a consideration early in the formulation of development propos

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

The Council and its partners will promote improvements to the accessibility of heritage assets to allow enjoyment of the historic environment for all.

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

The number of new homes completed in the Borough by settlement and in the countryside. The amount of housing land available for development in the Borough's settlements. The number of new homes comp

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

(6) Provision of an extension or alterations to meet the particular needs of a person with a disability. For example, a modest single storey extension required to meet the particular needs of the per

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

An extension or alteration to a residential property to provide an ancillary use, such as additional living accommodation for elderly or dependent relatives, should be designed to demonstrate dependen

Antrim and Newtownabbey·SPG Affordable Housing

Wheelchair units

NI-wide·Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact

Visual contrast is the perception of a difference visually between one element of a building and another by reference to their light reflectance values. Light reflectance value (LRV) is the total qua

NI-wide·Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact

Section 2 gives guidance on appropriate levels of safety and convenience for all users where a ramp or a ramp and complementary steps are to be provided as an access route or part of an access route t

NI-wide·Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact

This Section is presented as follows – Ramps and complementary steps on access routes to buildings other than dwellings; and Ramps and steps on access routes to dwellings.

NI-wide·Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact

Visually impaired people risk tripping or losing their balance if there is no warning that there is a change in level. Tripping is most hazardous at the head of a flight of steps when a person is desc

NI-wide·Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact

People who wear callipers or who have stiffness in hip or knee joints are particularly at risk of tripping or catching their feet beneath nosings. People with a weakness on one side or with a sight im

NI-wide·Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact

Where complementary steps and a ramp share a surface containing their respective notional landings, it is preferred that the tactile warning surface be located clear of the ramp landing.

NI-wide·Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact

To assist a person who is weaker on one side and a visually impaired person, steps should have a suitable continuous handrail on each side complying with the provisions of paragraphs 3.37 to 3.43.

NI-wide·Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact

To give advance warning of the change in level, a tactile corduroy surface should be provided on the top and bottom landings of complementary steps. See Diagram 2.2. The size of this surface should be

NI-wide·Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact

Where there is access onto any intermediate landing from other than the complementary steps, a tactile corduroy surface 400 mm deep should be provided in accordance with Diagram 2.3 (b) or (c).

NI-wide·Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact

Corduroy tactile warning surface tiles: 20 mm tile depth, 6 mm rib profile, 20 mm rib, 30 mm gap

NI-wide·Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact

Diagram 2.3 Complementary steps - tactile warnings (b) external steps showing side access onto intermediate landing and having not less than 800 mm from the access to the top and bottom of flights -

NI-wide·Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact

So a visually impaired person can appreciate the extent of the stair and identify individual treads, steps should have step nosings which are distinguishable through suitable permanent visual contrast

NI-wide·Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact

A handrail should be at a height measured vertically of – (a) not less than 900 mm and not more than 1000 mm, above the pitch of a flight; and (b) not less than 900 mm and not more than 1100 mm, above

NI-wide·Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact

The surface of a handrail should be distinguishable through suitable visual contrast from the background against which it is seen.

NI-wide·Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact

Handrails should allow users to make a power grip around the whole handrail. A non-circular handrail with a broad horizontal face is as easy to grip as a circular handrail and gives better hand and fo

NI-wide·Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact

A ramp should have a gradient not steeper than 1 in 12 and should be uniform throughout its length. See Diagram 4.1.

NI-wide·Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact

The minimum width for a ramp should be the same as that for a flight in a private stair, see paragraph 3.13 and Table 3.2.

NI-wide·Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact

The length of a ramp measured on plan, should not exceed 10 m. See Diagram 4.1.

NI-wide·Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact

Landings should be level and be provided at the top and bottom of a ramp. See Diagram 4.1. The width and length of a landing should be not less than the width of the ramp. Part of a floor may be consi

NI-wide·Technical Booklet H Stairs Ramps Guarding and Protection from Impact

Ramps should be clear of obstructions and landings should be clear of obstructions other than those described in paragraph 3.18.