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Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan 2015
Draft Plan
BMAP 2015 Homepage
BMAP Table of Contents
District Proposal - Carrickfergus
Preamble
Background
Regional Policy Context
Summary of Carrickfergus District Proposals
Metropolitan Carrickfergus
Carrickfergus
  Housing
  Employment
  Transportation
  Urban Environment
  Natural Environment
  Coast
  Open Space, Sport and Outdoor Recreation
  Tourism
  Education, Health and Community Facilities
Carrickfergus Town Centre
  Development Opportunity Sites
  Housing
  Transportation
  Urban Environment
  Natural Environment
  Coast
  Open Space, Sport and Outdoor Recreation
Greenisland
  Housing
  Transportation
  Urban Environment
  Natural Environment
  Open Space, Sport and Outdoor Recreation
Whitehead
  Housing
  The Urban Environment
  The Natural Environment
  Open Space, Sport and Outdoor Recreation
Knocknagulliagh
Trooperslane
The Rural Area
  The Urban Environment
  The Natural Environment
  Countryside and Coast
  Public Services and Utilities
Appendices
  Appendix 1
Conservation Areas
  Appendix 2
Key Design Criteria
  Appendix 3
Historic Parks, Gardens & Demesnes - Supplementary
Sites
  Appendix 4
Major Areas of Recreation
in the Countryside
  Appendix 5
Glossary

 

 

 
 

SETTLEMENT PROPOSALS
TOWNS
 
 


Greenisland
The Urban Environment
 
 

Areas of Townscape Character

 The following Areas of Townscape Character GD 07 – GD 08 are designated in Greenisland and identified on Map No. 4a – Greenisland and Map Nos. 4c - 4d.

Policy for the control of development within the ATCs is contained in Policy UE 3 in Part 3, Volume 1 of the Plan.

Designation GD 07  Area of Townscape Character
                                 Greenisland
 

An Area of Townscape Character is designated at Greenisland as identified on Map No. 4a - Greenisland and clarification Map No. 4c - Greenisland Area of Townscape Character.

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

  • The two long terraces of narrow railway workers’ houses with decorative brick detailing and entrance porch design;

  • The large detached, stuccoed commuter villas influenced by the Arts and Crafts Movement;

  • The significant views of Knockagh & the War Memorial;

  • The narrow roads and landscape of well-stocked gardens, mature trees and boundary hedges, particularly along Station Road;

  • The leafy embankments either side of Station Road which sweep northward passing beneath the stone railway bridge with decorative cusped brackets; and

  • The variety of designs ranging from early nineteenth century vernacular farmhouses to Victorian and Edwardian terraces and detached villas, and from inter-war semi-detached houses and bungalows through to mid-twentieth century church buildings and school.

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

Greenisland Area of Townscape Character is situated around the Greenisland railway junction and along the Station Road and Upper Road. It includes terraces located close to the station on narrow roads with well-stocked gardens, mature trees and boundary hedges which contribute significantly to the character of the Town.

Greenisland developed around the important railway junction on the Belfast to Ballymena line, which was built by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway Company from 1845 onwards. It remained an important railway junction until the early 1930s when a loop line was completed and reduced the role of Greenisland in the rail network. The railway was a major employer as well as an important mode of transport, reflected by the two long terraces of narrow railway workers’ houses.

 

Designation GD 08  Area of Townscape Character
                                 Shore Road
 


An Area of Townscape Character is designated at Shore Road as identified on Map No. 4a - Greenisland and clarification Map No. 4d - Shore Road Area of Townscape Character.

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

  • Large detached villas set in mature gardens with a coastal setting. These properties are mainly from the Victorian and Edwardian period but include some inter-war development; and

  • Two listed Victorian houses, namely Seapark House (No. 109 Shore Road) and Ballynascreen House (No. 39 Shore Road).

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

The Shore Road Area of Townscape Character is located along the Shore Road and includes Victorian and Edwardian detached villas with large gardens and mature trees. This is a coastal area on which detached villas have been built since the early nineteenth century. The essence of the character of the Shore Road area is in the quality of its houses and the coastal landscape setting of mature trees.

It is likely that during the lifetime of the Plan the strategic A2 road widening scheme will impact on this area (Plan Proposal GD 06, A2 to Carrickfergus).