DM 17: Homes in Settlements - Criteria for residential development

The Council will support proposals for quality and sustainable residential development in settlements, where they do not contribute to town cramming, and where the following criteria are met: (a) The number of units proposed respects the scale and size of the settlement. Well-designed higher density proposals will be considered favourably at accessible locations within Metropolitan Newtownabbey and our other towns, to make best use of our existing infrastructure and services; and also encouraged as part of the development of large scale new housing schemes on zoned sites;