Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)·Page 255·DM 40.2
Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment Requirements
Planning applications must be accompanied by a proportionate Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment for developments affecting Strategic or Local Landscape Policy Areas, large buildings over 500m² in the countryside, or any structure exceeding 15m in height.
To inform the Council's assessment of landscape impacts, a Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment, proportionate to the development in question, will be required to accompany planning applications in the following cases:
(a) Development impacting on a Strategic or Local Landscape Policy Area;
(b) The development of a large building or structure (generally 500m2 or greater) in the countryside; or
(c) The development of any structure in excess of 15m in height.
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