Every rule your project must meet, found for you.

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

The Council will also expect new development proposals to facilitate and improve linkages and accessibility to local community infrastructure and help maximise opportunities to promote healthy and act

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

New residential development should be designed to ensure good accessibility to existing services and facilities intended to serve future residents and where appropriate developers may be required to p

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

Appendix B Guidance for Residential Extensions and Alterations Plan Strategy

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

There is a general presumption in favour of the retention of residential stock for permanent occupation. Within an established residential area or fronting onto a city corridor outside of a designated

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Regional policy seeks to manage housing growth to achieve sustainable patterns of residential development and to support urban (and rural) renaissance. It also calls for the delivery of higher densiti

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Within designated HMAs, planning permission will only be granted for Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) and/or flats/apartments where the total number of HMOs and flats/apartments combined would not

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Policy RD1 – New residential developments Planning permission will be granted for new residential development where it is in accordance with general urban design policies and where it is demonstrated

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The historic fabric and cohesive character of central Belfast and its immediate environs, in particular, has been increasingly fragmented over the decades from the mid 20th century onwards. In a fragm

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

It is fundamental to plan for growing residential population commencing with the expanding university through convenience units and eateries and the council aspirations for growth of the city centre p

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The council will consider the acceptability of development in proximity to potential sources of pollution. Consideration will therefore need to be given to the sensitivity of development proposed in t

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

The council's policy supports the provision of new and improved open space to serve the current and future needs of the city's residents and visitors. In addition to supporting new proposals for open

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

In terms of residential development in particular, it is important that open spaces are located within a reasonable walking distance of where people live. The nature and scale of these facilities will

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Table C1: Residential space standards27 House Type | Single Storey / Flat (square metres) | Two Storey (square metres) | Three Storey (square metres) 1-Person / 1-Bedroom | 35a | - | - 2-Person / 1-B

Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)

Table C2: Wheelchair housing space standards28 House Type | Single Storey / Flat (square metres) | Two Storey (square metres) 1-Person/1-Bedroom | 50 | - 2 Person/1-Bedroom | 60 | - 2-Person/2-Bedroo

NI-wide·PPS 12 Housing in Settlements

PPS 7 provides that development plans may include specific policies for the control of housing development in established residential areas, particularly those which display considerable townscape cha

NI-wide·PPS 12 Housing in Settlements

As part of the drive to achieve an increased housing density, development plans should specify minimum site densities as a key site requirement for zoned housing land. These should however take into a

NI-wide·PPS 12 Housing in Settlements

PPS 13 indicates that town and city centres, major public transport interchanges and metropolitan transport corridors, which benefit from high quality and frequent public transport services are exampl

NI-wide·PPS 12 Housing in Settlements

Undertake a site survey to identify the urban capacity sites, to inform the analysis and to inform character area assessment. Reference to a 'standard survey sheet' is recommended to ensure consistenc

NI-wide·PPS 12 Housing in Settlements

Select the final urban capacity sites and make a provisional assessment of future potential, both of which will be subject to detailed consultation with key plan consultees. It is important to conside

NI-wide·PPS 13 Transportation and Land Use

In the design of new residential areas low traffic speeds will be encouraged. In established residential areas the introduction of a range of traffic calming and road safety measures will help improve

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

Development plans need to take account of the potential risks from all sources of flooding over the plan period and beyond as this is likely to influence decisions on such matters as the zoning of lan

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

Consistent with the requirements of PPS 7 'Quality Residential Environments'; incorporating watercourses into the open space requirements for new residential development will be preferred to locating

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

Economic benefits likely to accrue from sustainable drainage include the following: The increased application of on-site sustainable drainage solutions by the developer will mean that less investment

NI-wide·PPS 17 Control of Outdoor Advertisements

In predominantly residential areas, where offices occupy part or all of a former residential property, it is essential that advertising remains unobtrusive in order that the residential amenity of the

NI-wide·PPS 17 Control of Outdoor Advertisements

• the advertisement of offices in former residential properties should be by means of nameplates made of metal or other suitable materials and should be fixed to the doorway pilaster, or if there is n

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Residential Extensions and Alterations

This document is an Addendum to PPS 7 'Quality Residential Environments' and must be read in conjunction with the policies contained within that PPS. The Addendum provides an additional planning polic

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

This document is a second Addendum to PPS 7 'Quality Residential Environments' and must be read in conjunction with the policies contained within this PPS and within the previous Addendum – 'Residenti

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

In established residential areas proposals for housing development will not be permitted where they would cause unacceptable damage to the local character and environmental quality or residential amen

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

PPS 7 is supported by Development Control Advice Note (DCAN 8) 'Housing in Existing Urban Areas' (published June 2002). This supplementary guidance also makes clear that "town cramming" or other inapp

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

The primary purpose of this addendum to PPS 7 is to reinforce existing planning policy on housing within urban areas by introducing additional provisions to protect areas of established residential ch

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

Type Single Storey / Flat (m²) Two Storey (m²) Three Storey (m²) 1-Person / Bedsit 30/35 - - 1-Person / 1-Bedroom 35/40 - - 2-Person / 1-Bedroom 50/55 - - 3-Person / 2-Bedroom 60/65 70/75 - 4-Person /

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

The Strategy makes clear that setting a regional target and seeking to achieve higher densities in urban areas should not be used as a mandate to force over-developed and unsympathetic housing schemes

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

In the determination of individual planning applications for residential development, the main statement of policy is set out in PPS 7. The main objective of the policy is to promote quality residenti

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

The first Addendum to PPS 7 sets out the Department's planning policy for achieving quality in relation to proposals for residential extensions and alterations. It also provides guidance which is inte

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

Development Plans set out development limits for each settlement including villages and small settlements which are defined following a detailed Countryside Assessment and Settlement Appraisal. This i

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

Development Control Advice Note 8: 'Housing in Existing Urban Areas' DCAN 8 sets out non-statutory planning guidance intended to supplement Regional Policy in the RDS and PPS 7 in terms of improving t

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

'Creating Places – achieving quality in residential development' Creating Places provides supplementary design guidance (prepared jointly by Planning Service & Roads Service) for residential developme

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

'Improving the Quality of Housing Layouts in Northern Ireland' Further supplementary design guidance.

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

For the purposes of this Addendum and in order to clarify the existing application of the term, established residential areas are normally taken to mean residential neighbourhoods dominated by medium

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

Within cities and large towns of over 5,000 population, established residential areas often display a clear spatial structure. Building forms, plot sizes and shapes are sometimes similar with a well d

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

In smaller towns, villages and other settlements, established residential areas generally display a more intimate character and spatial scale. There is often more local variety in architectural styles

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

In recognition of the desirability of promoting increased density housing in appropriate locations, Policy LC 1 will not apply to: designated city centres, and designated town centres within large tow

NI-wide·PPS 7 Addendum Safeguarding the Character of Established Residential Areas

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NI-wide·PPS 7 Quality Residential Environments

hard landscape design, including paving areas, means of enclosure and street furniture should be carefully considered and the use of high quality materials will be required.

NI-wide·PPS 7 Quality Residential Environments

Developers will be required to carry out all landscape works associated with their schemes and must provide establishment maintenance and on going long term management, unless this responsibility is t

NI-wide·PPS 7 Quality Residential Environments

Regard should always be given to ways of integrating pleasant, attractive and landscaped areas of public open space, including children's playspaces, as an intrinsic element of any new residential dev

NI-wide·PPS 7 Quality Residential Environments

Well-designed space around buildings can add greatly to the attractiveness of a development, especially where the principles of defensible space are applied. A variety of garden sizes and usable open

NI-wide·PPS 7 Quality Residential Environments

The protection of the privacy of the occupants of residential properties is an important element of the quality of a residential environment. It is a particularly important consideration where new dev

NI-wide·PPS 7 Quality Residential Environments

'Secured by Design' is a UK project for promoting the principles of designing out crime from the built environment. Developers and their professional advisers should take account of these principles i