Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)·Page 233·DM 35.1(e)-(g)
Enabling Development - Criteria (e) to (g)
Sets out three additional criteria for enabling development: sufficient subsidy must not be available elsewhere, the scale must be the minimum necessary to secure the heritage asset's long-term use with independently verified costs, and the resulting development must be high quality design respecting the asset's setting and features.
(e) Sufficient subsidy is not available from any other source;
(f) The scale of the Enabling Development represents the minimum necessary to secure the long-term use of the important heritage asset subject to the development costs being independently verified. It should be noted the developer will be required to bear the reasonable costs of independent financial advice required to assess this aspect of the scheme; and
(g) The resulting development is of a high quality design through which the setting and intrinsic quality and features of the important heritage asset are respected.
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