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Policy DM 16: Telecommunication Facilities and Digital Services - Visual and Environmental Impact
DM 16.2Antrim 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
non-domesticdigital-infrastructurevisual-impactenvironmental-protectionDemonstration of renewable energy benefits and impact minimisation
9.1.23Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)
All proposals should demonstrate any environmental, economic and social benefits as well as how any environmental and social impacts have been minimised through careful consideration of location, scal
energyrenewablelandscapevisual-impactVisual Intrusion and Impact on the Landscape
6.10, 6.11NI-wide·PPS 11 Planning and Waste Management
Waste management facilities vary greatly in scale and their potential for impact on the landscape. Consideration must be given to their potential effects on the landscape and waste management faciliti
site-planningwaste-managementlandscapevisual-impactSiting Requirements for Residential Caravans and Mobile Homes
CTY 9NI-wide·PPS 21 Sustainable Development in the Countryside
The siting of a residential caravan or mobile home will be subject to the same planning and environmental considerations as a permanent dwelling. Permission will depend on the ability to integrate the
dwellingruralsite-planningvisual-impactLandscape and visual impact assessment for wind energy and large-scale developments
6.233NI-wide·SPPS Strategic Planning Policy Statement Edition 2 (December 2025)
great importance and must be carefully considered. Where relevant, the impacts of onshore developments on seascape will also be an important consideration. The cumulative impact will increase, for exa
renewable-energywind-energysolarlandscapevisual-impactseascape