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

The most important natural heritage assets in our Borough, such as national and international sites and priority habitats and species are subject to statutory designation and protection under European

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)

More detailed information on natural heritage assets, including information on designated sites and surveyed priority habitats and species, is available on the DAERA website.

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

Development that is likely to have an adverse effect on a European protected species will not be permitted unless it can be demonstrated that: (a) There is no satisfactory alternative; (b) The develop

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

The Council will support development that is not likely to have an adverse effect on any other statutorily protected species and where any impact arising, can be adequately mitigated or compensated ag

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

Development proposals are required to be sensitive to all protected species, and sited and designed to protect them, their habitats and prevent deterioration and destruction of their breeding sites or

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

Where there is potential or evidence to suggest, that a protected species exists on the site or is likely to be impacted by a development proposal, the developer will be required to undertake a suitab

Antrim 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

Antrim 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

Antrim 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

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

A development proposal which could adversely affect a habitat, species or feature of natural heritage importance may only be permitted where the benefits of the proposed development clearly outweigh t

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

In formulating their development proposals, the Council encourages applicants to use DAERA's 'Northern Ireland Biodiversity Checklist'. This tool will help to identify if a development proposal is lik

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

Development proposals should be sited and designed to include provision for the retention or integration of habitats, species and other important natural heritage features, to prevent their fragmentat

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