Structure of the Local Development Plan

As indicated above the LDP comprises two documents; a Plan Strategy and a Local Polices Plan that are prepared in sequence. This document is the Plan Strategy and it sets out how the Council considers our Borough will grow and develop up to 2030. It provides: • A Plan Vision for Antrim and Newtownabbey; • A set of Strategic Objectives to deliver the Plan Vision based upon the theme of sustainable development and interlinked with the Community Plan Outcomes; • A Spatial Growth Strategy setting out the approach to development across our Borough and indicating at a strategic level where growth will occur up to 2030; • Strategic Policies, to implement our Strategic Objectives; • Detailed Management Policies which supplement the Strategic Policies that together will guide decisions in the development management process; and • Details of how the Council intends to monitor the Strategic Objectives of the Plan to ensure the Council is delivering what it set out to achieve.