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

DM 4.4 Development proposals involving intensive farming, forestry or animal husbandry must demonstrate that they will not result in any significant adverse health or environmental effects, particular

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

Proposals for telecommunications development, together with any necessary enabling works, will be supported where they do not result in unacceptable damage to visual amenity or harm to environmentally

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)

There is also a need for the LDP to address those human uses and activities which can have an adverse impact on our environment. Many types of development may create or contribute to environmental pol

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

The Council recognises the link between the quality of our environment and the health and wellbeing of our population. As a consequence, the Council will carefully consider any development proposals w

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

The Council will operate a general presumption against development, which results in the artificial modification of a watercourse, including culverting or canalisation operations. Exceptions to this w

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

The aim of this policy is to ensure that development proposals do not result in environmental pollution which could adversely affect the environment or local amenity. This aim has taken account of and

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Water is a precious natural resource needed to fulfil many activities of everyday life. Significant infrastructure is required to deliver fresh water to homes and businesses throughout the city and al

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The key aim of this policy is to achieve sustainable waste management. Consequently, there is a need to ensure that as far as possible all waste management facilities are developed to the highest stan

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Many waste management facilities by reason of their size, nature or location have the potential to cause significant damage to the environment in terms of visual intrusion, habitat or heritage destruc

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

principle that, where there are significant risks of damage to the environment, its protection will generally be paramount, unless there are imperative reasons of overriding public interest.

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Planning permission will be granted for the development of landfill or land raising facilities for the disposal of waste where: a. There is a need for the facility as established through the WMS and t

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Landfilling is the disposal of waste into void spaces in the land often left as a result of mineral extraction. Land raising is the disposal of waste by depositing on land thereby raising its level. L

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Waste disposal proposals will be expected to include a statement identifying the waste implications of the development, measures taken to minimise and manage the waste generated, a critical analysis o

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Whilst not necessarily a sustainable waste management solution and not favoured by the waste hierarchy, the deposition of inert waste on agricultural or other land can result in an improvement in land

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Planning permission will be refused where any proposal would have an unacceptable impact on the environment. Where appropriate, conditions will be attached to planning permissions to minimise or compe

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

In relation to development proposed in the vicinity of WWTW's the potential adverse impact of existing or approved infrastructure upon neighbouring land uses will be a material consideration in the de

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Applications will be approved or refused depending on the circumstances prevailing at particular locations. Relevant considerations will include: The nature and capacity of the treatment works; Loca

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

In all cases, specific advice will be sought from the environmental health department of the council.

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Proposals for unconventional hydrocarbon extraction will not be permitted unless it can be fully demonstrated that there is no potential for significant environmental impacts arising from such develop

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Visual intrusion and impact on natural heritage are often the most significant environmental impacts associated with mineral workings and these are key considerations in assessing any proposals. Appli

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The SPPS recognises that the planning system should help to mitigate and adapt to environmental change by working with natural environmental processes, for example through promoting the development of

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The LDP policies for natural heritage aim to protect all designated sites and priority habitats and species from damaging or inappropriate development. The policies also aim to protect and enhance the

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The council will adopt the precautionary principle when considering the impacts of a proposed development on local, national or international natural heritage resources, including designated sites, pr

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The council will seek to protect existing trees from new development, particularly those that are of visual, biodiversity or amenity quality and significance, and there will be a presumption in favour

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Preserving and enhancing the natural environment, of which trees form an important element, is a core planning principle of the SPPS. The council also has a duty to specifically consider tree preserva

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Protecting and enhancing the natural environment, including landscape and seascape, is a core planning principle of the SPPS, which recognises the region's distinctive and beautiful landscape. The pro

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Irrespective of any designations, all development should consider how it can conserve and enhance the coastal resource, including in terms of nature conservation and amenity value. In addition, all pr

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Ref: 24 Indicator: Quantity of development permitted in undeveloped areas of flood risk Source: Planning decisions (BCC) and DfI Rivers consultations Relevant Policy: ENV 4 Target: No permissions gran

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Ref: 25 Indicator: Quantity of development permitted on all Natural Heritage Sites Source: Planning decisions (BCC) and liaising with NIEA Relevant Policy: NH1 Target: No permissions granted for non-c

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Ref: 27 Indicator: Number of planning permissions that secure Green and Blue Infrastructure improvements, including through Developer Agreements. Source: Major planning decisions (BCC) and S76 Agreeme

NI-wide·PPS 10 Telecommunications

Wherever possible telecommunications development should seek to avoid sensitive features and locations of archaeological, built or natural heritage value. This includes archaeological remains, listed

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

The precautionary principle, outlined in Planning Policy Statement 1, General Principles, advises that where there are significant risks of damage to the environment associated with a development prop

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

In assessing proposals the Department must have regard to the need to protect the quality of surface water and groundwater. Whilst modern containment and drainage engineering has significantly reduced

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

Proposals for waste management facilities will only be permitted where they would not have an unacceptable impact on the quantity or quality of surface or groundwater resources.

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

Sites being considered for landfill or landraising to dispose of potentially polluting wastes, and their surroundings, must be investigated carefully by suitable experts to determine the geological co

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

Due to the potential for the generation of odour, dust, noise and bio aerosols (including bacteria and fungal spores) the operation of commercial composting facilities can present problems in the vici

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

Landfilling and land raising of municipal waste are at the bottom of the waste management hierarchy and they are usually the least sustainable waste management option. Particular issues associated wit

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

Landfill or landraising will remain the predominant disposal methods for the short to medium term and in the longer term will remain the BPEO for certain materials such as incineration residues, miner

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

To comply with the Landfill Directive, the absolute quantities of waste going to landfill must reduce. The WMS therefore envisages a progressive reduction and consolidation of landfill capacity and ov

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

It is essential that all waste disposal facilities that contain putrescible waste are well designed and operated. Applications for municipal waste landfill and land raising operations must be accompan

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

Land raising, in that it creates a new landform, has the potential to significantly impact on the landscape. As a result careful consideration will be given to the proposed landform and scale of land

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

The location of regional scale landfill or land raising sites must closely relate to and allow for easy access to key transport corridors and, where possible, should make use of the alternative transp

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

The disposal of inert waste by its deposition on land will only be permitted where it is demonstrated that it will result in land improvement and all of the following criteria are met: • it will not r

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

Where it is demonstrated that there is a local need for the deposition of inert waste and it is the BPEO it will also be necessary to consider the environmental impacts for such a proposal (see Policy

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

Proposals involving the development of land in the vicinity of existing or approved waste management facilities and waste water treatment works (WWTWs), will only be permitted where all the following

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

In relation to development proposed in the vicinity of WWTW's the potential adverse impact of existing or approved infrastructure upon neighbouring land uses will be a material consideration in the de

NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management

Best Practicable Environmental option (BPEO) - summarised by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution as "the outcome of a systematic consultative and decision making procedure which emphasises

NI-wide·PPS 15 Planning and Flood Risk (Revised)

River and coastal flood plains are valuable ecological resources which provide habitat for a wide range of plants and animals, many of which are rare. A number of the priority habitats identified in t

NI-wide·PPS 16 Tourism

Biodiversity is one of tourism's greatest assets and is fundamental to its long-term sustained growth. Enhancing biodiversity will be encouraged in order to reduce any negative impact of tourism devel