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Planning Control Principle 3: Sustainable Forms of Development
Principle 3NI-wide·PPS 12 Housing in Settlements
The use of greenfield land for housing should be reduced and more urban housing accommodated through the recycling of land and buildings. More housing should also be promoted in city and town centres
dwellingsite-planningexternal-spaceCriteria for Assigning Sites to Development Phases
NI-wide·PPS 12 Housing in Settlements
In addition to the RDS objectives, other factors to consider when drawing up the criteria would include: • local strategic objectives for the future of the plan area (taking into account the RDS and
site-planningdwellingdrainageexternal-spaceAmenity - Green Spaces and Community Connections
NI-wide·PPS 12 Housing in Settlements
Providing community greenways to establish connections with nature and the countryside, and local historic features, for residents in urban and rural areas by maintaining and building up an interlinke
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