Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)·Page 276·DM 45.2(a)(b)
Landscape Character and Visual Impact Assessment
Renewable energy proposals must demonstrate that the landscape can accommodate the development without significant detrimental impact on landscape character or visual amenity, considering cumulative impacts and mitigation potential.
Landscape Character and Visual Impact
(a) The landscape is capable of accommodating the development without significant detrimental impact on landscape character or visual amenity. This includes the extent of any cumulative detrimental impact arising from two or more renewable energy developments and the potential for mitigation;
(b) The proposal is appropriate to the scale and character of its setting, respecting the main features of the site and the wider environment and that it fully addresses the potential for mitigation;
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