Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)·Page 181
Reuse or Redevelopment of Surplus Community Facilities
The Council will support development that reuses or redevelops existing community facilities for other purposes if the facility is surplus to community needs, provides overall community benefit with no significant effect on local provision, or if alternative equivalent provision is made available elsewhere in the local area.
the Council will support development, which seeks to reuse or redevelop an existing community facility for another purpose whereby:
(a) The facility is surplus to the needs of the community;
(b) There would be an overall community benefit from a development and the particular loss of land or facilities will have no significant effect on the overall provision of facilities in the locality; or
(c) Alternative provision or equivalent community recreational benefit is made available at a suitable location within the local area.
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