An Area of Townscape Character is designated at Bachelors Walk as identified on Map No. 2/001 – Lisburn City, Map No. 2/035 – Lisburn City Centre and on clarification Map No.  2/029 – Bachelors Walk Area of Townscape Character.

Key features of the area, which will be taken into, account when assessing development proposals are as follows:

•         The forms and urban fabric introduced by the Victorians and added to by the Edwardians.
   

•         The two and three storey brick terraces with modest front gardens.
   

•         The  terraces and cul-de-sac of Sans Souci Gardens, which reveal a singular quality of layout and landscape.
   

•         The large urban trees, which are indispensable to the character of area.

All proposals will be assessed against key design criteria 1B, 2B, 2C, 3A, 5A as contained in Policy UE 3 in Part 3, Volume 1 of the Plan (See Appendix 2 – Urban Design Criteria).
 

An Area of Townscape Character is designated at Hilden as identified on Map No. 2/001 – Lisburn City and on clarification Map No.  2/030 – Hilden Area of Townscape Character.

Key features of the area, which will be taken into, account when assessing development proposals are as follows:

•       Thread Mill, the red brick listed property, which commands the townscape of the nineteenth century mill village, the landscape and the views from afar.
   

•       Hilden Primary School, the old mill school, which is listed.
   

•       Nos. 1-5 Glenmore Terrace, along Mill Street, which are listed.
   

•       The listed war memorial, at the Mill Street/Grand Street junction.
   

•       The larger mill houses, garden walls and other domestic structures, which are in excellent condition.
   

•       The basic grid plan village layout, which remains intact.
   

•       The important backdrop comprising the railway and the trees above at Harmony Hill.

All proposals will be assessed against key design criteria 3B as contained in Policy UE 3 in Part 3, Volume 1 of the Plan (See Appendix 2 – Urban Design Criteria).
 

An Area of Townscape Character is designated at Seymour Street as identified on Map No. 2/001 – Lisburn City, Map No. 2/035 – Lisburn City Centre and on clarification Map No.  2/031 – Seymour Street Area of Townscape Character.

Key features of the area, which will be taken into, account when assessing development proposals are as follows:

•         The two storey Victorian brick and slate roofed terrace in Wallace Avenue.
   

•         The Edwardian terraces of Wallace Avenue.
   

•         The large Methodist Church (Victorian), which dominates the area through its elaborately detailed brickwork and associated landscaping.
   

•         The polychromatic brickwork of the terraced housing in Millbrook Street.
   

•         The large trees beyond the northern boundary and across the railway, which enhance the townscape character of the area.
   

•         The expansive views down Queens Road.

All proposals will be assessed against key design criteria 1A, 1B, 3B, 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, as contained in Policy UE 3 in Part 3, Volume 1 of the Plan (See Appendix 2 – Urban Design Criteria).
 

An Area of Townscape Character is designated at Wallace Park as identified on Map No. 2/001 – Lisburn City and on clarification Map No.  2/032 – Wallace Park Area of Townscape Character.

Key features of the area, which will be taken into, account when assessing development proposals are as follows:

•        The 1970s residential development.
   

•        The low density, Victorian villas of Forkhill Park.
   

•        The terraces of Parkmount (Nos 1- 4).
   

•         Wallace High School, Friends School and Thompson House, which are all set in extensive grounds.
   

•         High quality open space in Wallace Park, which is a Historic Park Garden and Demesne.
   

•         The variety of building type, which include properties from the late Victorian and Edwardian periods.
   

•         The informality of the road layout and detailing.
   

•         The low density, single homes in terraced, semi-detached or detached form.

All proposals will be assessed against key design criteria 2B, 2C, 3A, 3B as contained in Policy UE 3 in Part 3, Volume 1 of the Plan (See Appendix 2– Urban Design Criteria).
 

An Area of Townscape Character is designated at Warren Park as identified on Map No. 2/001 – Lisburn City and on clarification Map No.  2/033 – Warren Park Area of Townscape Character.

Key features of the area, which will be taken into, account when assessing development proposals are as follows:

•         The unique, late Edwardian residential development with a quasi “Garden City” flavour and generous front and rear gardens.
   

•         The 1920’s and 1930’s detailing, which include steel window frames, diamond patterned asbestos cement slates finished with terracotta ridges, quoins in polychromatic shades and appliqué sunbursts on naturally coloured wet dash walls.
   

•         The chimney stacks retained on properties.
   

•         The boundary walls and front gardens of properties.

All proposals will be assessed against key design criteria 4A, 4B, 4E, 5A, 5B as contained in Policy UE 3 in Part 3, Volume 1 of the Plan (See Appendix 2– Urban Design Criteria).