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

It should be noted that the Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan adopted in September 2014 was subsequently quashed as a result of a judgment of the Court of Appeal delivered in May 2017. As a consequence,

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

Once the Plan Strategy is adopted it will replace the regional operational policies that are currently retained by the Strategic Planning Policy Statement (comprised of the existing suite of Planning

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

Until such times as the Council's Local Policies Plan identifies the boundaries of settlement limits, local designations and zonings, the provisions of the current legacy plans will continue to apply

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

Once the Council's Local Policies Plan is adopted the legacy plans as they relate to our Borough, shall cease to have effect.

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

Furthermore, the SPPS (DoE, 2015) indicates that Councils must keep under review the implementation of their plans and report annually to the Department on whether the Objectives in the LDP are being

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

The mechanism for reporting on the performance of the Plan will be the LDP's Annual Monitoring Report (AMR), which will provide a summary of the information collected by the Council each financial yea

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

The Council also monitors a range of broader context indicators or general statistics for the Borough as part of its community planning duties and its performance and transformation function. Wherever