Antrim and Newtownabbey·LDP 2030 Plan Strategy (adopted 2025)·Page 292·13.22
Flood Defence Methods
New hard engineered or cored earthen bank flood defences that are publicly funded and constructed are acceptable as flood mitigation to protect existing flood plain properties subject to repeated flooding.
New hard engineered or cored earthen bank flood defences, publicly funded and constructed, are seen as a necessary and acceptable flood mitigation method to protect existing property that is already in the flood plain and is liable to repeated flooding and resulting damage. However, as part of the Council's precautionary approach to flood risk, any new
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