Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)·Page 106·DM 9.2
Support for new or enhanced tourist amenities in countryside
The Council will support proposals for new or enhanced tourist amenities, attractions and recreational facilities in countryside locations where development is sustainable, supports rural communities and the rural economy, and meets one of four specified criteria.
In countryside locations, the Council will support a proposal for new or enhanced tourist amenities, attractions and recreational facilities where this will result in a sustainable form of development that supports rural communities and promotes a healthy rural economy and tourism sector, and the proposal is:
(a) Physically associated with an existing tourist facility;
(b) For the conversion of a locally important building;
(c) Related to a farm diversification scheme involving the re-use of existing rural buildings for tourism purposes; or
(d) Located on a suitable site where a specific locational need can be demonstrated.
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