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LC1 – Landscape: Protection and restoration of landscape quality
LC1Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)
New development should seek to protect and, where appropriate, restore or improve the quality and amenity of the landscape. The council will adopt the precautionary approach in assessing development p
site-planningconservationlandscape-protectionLC1 – Landscape: Requirement for landscape and visual assessments
LC1Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)
The council will require appropriate landscape analysis and/or visual assessments, in areas designated for landscape importance, for consideration prior to planning applications being determined. The
site-planningconservationlandscape-protectionLC1 – Landscape: Criteria for approval in designated areas
LC1Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)
Planning permission for new development within areas designated for landscape importance will only be granted where it is of an appropriate design and scale for the locality and all the following crit
site-planningconservationlandscape-protectionLC1 – Landscape: Mitigation and exceptional circumstances
LC1Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)
Where potential adverse impacts cannot be avoided, and subject to the level of protection offered by any designation, suitable mitigation measures must be provided. In such exceptional circumstances,
site-planningconservationlandscape-protectionLandscape Character Assessment and Guidance Consideration
10.4.15Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)
The SPPS sets out the planning policy that applies to AONBs and the council will take full account of this in assessing development proposals. In addition, the council will consider the potential impa
conservationlandscape-protectionheritagePolicy LC2 – Lagan Valley Regional Park (LVRP) – Development in Settlement Boundaries
Policy LC2Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)
Development proposals in the LVRP area and within defined settlement boundaries will only be granted permission where it can be demonstrated that the proposal is appropriate to, and does not have a si
conservationlvrplandscape-protectionheritagePolicy LC2 – Lagan Valley Regional Park (LVRP) – Development Outside Settlement Boundaries
Policy LC2Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)
Planning permission will only be granted for development proposals outside the settlement boundaries in the LVRP area which meet all other policy requirements of the LDP that apply to the countryside
conservationlvrplandscape-protectioncountrysideheritagePolicy LC2 – Lagan Valley Regional Park (LVRP) – Development in Designated Nodes
Policy LC2Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)
Within designated nodes planning permission will be granted to development proposals for recreational, tourist, interpretative and educational facilities, provided they meet all of the following crite
conservationlvrplandscape-protectionheritagerecreational