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Policy DM 39: Habitats, Species and Features of Natural Heritage - Importance (DM 39.1)
DM 39.1Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)
The Council will only permit development likely to result in an unacceptable adverse impact on, or damage to, the features listed below, where the benefits of the development outweigh the value of the
protection-from-fallingconservationecological-protectionnatural-heritagePolicy DM 39: Survey and Ecological Appraisal Requirements (DM 39.2)
DM 39.2Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)
Where there is potential or evidence to suggest, that a habitat, species or other feature of natural heritage importance exists on a site or is likely to be impacted by development, the developer will
conservationecological-protectionnatural-heritagePolicy DM 39: Biodiversity Protection and Enhancement (DM 39.3)
DM 39.3Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)
New development proposals should protect and, where appropriate, create new natural and semi-natural habitats for their ecological and recreational benefits. Developers will be required to demonstrate
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