World Heritage Sites (WHS) - Strategic Planning Policy

World Heritage Sites (WHS): WHSs are designated under the UNESCO World Heritage Convention of 1972 on the basis of their acknowledged 'Outstanding Universal Value'. The Giant's Causeway and Causeway Coast World Heritage Site is currently the only WHS in Northern Ireland inscribed on the World Heritage List. It is inscribed because its natural and geological features are held to be of Outstanding Universal Value. Given their acknowledged international importance, it will be appropriate for a LDP having a WHS within the plan area, to identify the site and its broader setting and to include local policies or proposals to safeguard the Outstanding Universal Value of such sites and their settings from inappropriate development.