Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)·Page 93·DM 2.5
Small Rural Enterprise Project
The Council will support small rural enterprise projects on sites outside but clearly associated with settlements, where there is a firm business proposal and no suitable site available within the settlement. Edge of settlement locations that preserve the countryside distinction are favoured where practicable.
The Council will support the development of a small rural enterprise project on a site outside a village or hamlet, but clearly associated with it, where it is demonstrated there is a firm proposal supported by a business case and there is no suitable site available within the settlement to accommodate it. Where practicable, development at an edge of settlement location that does not mar the distinction with the countryside will be favoured.
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