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Carryduff has a limited scale and
range of retailing within its town centre with the shopping mall being anchored
by supermarket and other convenience units operating within and outside the
shopping centre, together with a limited number of shops selling comparison
goods.
There are a number of service uses scattered throughout the town centre,
including retail and financial uses.
There are few vacant units in Carryduff. The town centre contains a library and
health centre together with an industrial estate located on the western side of
the Ballynahinch Road.
The Department, as part of the Plan process, has carried out a town centre
health check to provide a benchmark against which to measure the effects of
future change in economic activity in the town centre. This health check has
indicated that retailing and retail services in Carryduff are performing quite
poorly. The town centre lacks the number and diversity of uses to fulfil its
role as a town centre.
Carryduff Town Centre faces a number of design issues. These include an
established suburban pattern of development which provides a poor town centre
form in terms of continuity and enclosure, dominance of car related
infrastructure (roads and car parking), poor articulation of corners and edges,
little coherent, unifying landscape structure, and a lack of focal space.
The Plan Proposals will seek to
strengthen the Town Centre, facilitate regeneration and address design issues. A
Development Opportunity Site is zoned within the Town Centre which will seek to
promote development within the site for town centre uses.
Town Centre Regeneration
The Department for Social Development (DSD) is responsible for regeneration of
Town Centres through the initiation of necessary regeneration action at a pace
which maximises the opportunity for physical, economic and social development
and secures orderly regeneration across the BMA.
DSD is committed to promoting vital and viable town centres by assisting with
adaptation to changing circumstances and helping with maximisation of the
contribution they make to the prosperity of Northern Ireland. As part of this,
DSD will promote administrative arrangements that help to achieve:
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better management and strategic
planning;
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the development of a vision for
the future; and
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a partnership approach involving
all those in government, local authorities and the private sector who have an
interest in the success of town centres.
To achieve these objectives, DSD
will work with the Council and private sector developers to facilitate
sustainable regeneration.
DSD will consider the use of its statutory powers where appropriate to deliver
the regeneration of Carryduff through:
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The formulation of regeneration
strategies and policies;
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The preparation of masterplans;
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The preparation of development
schemes;and
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The preparation of development
briefs;
The appraisal of development
proposals. Development schemes and / or briefs prepared by DSD and its
regeneration strategies, policies and proposals will be taken into consideration
where relevant at the planning application stage.
The Carryduff Town Centre boundary
is designated to encompass the existing concentration of all existing and
planned uses which have a town centre function include retailing, professional
services, restaurants, banking, and other office uses.
The Town Centre includes Lowe Industrial Estate and Carryduff Shopping Centre
both adjacent to the Ballynahinch Road. Properties at nos. 14a, 14b and 16
Ballynahinch Road are also included within the town centre, which lie within the
Town and Country Shopping Centre.
A Development Opportunity Site is included within the designated Town Centre.
Policy for the control of development in the town centre is contained in Part 3,
Volume 1 of the Plan and in prevailing regional policy.
Development Opportunity Sites
The following site CF17 is
zoned as a Development Opportunity Site as identified on Map No. 3d – Carryduff
Town Centre.
Policy for the control of development in Development Opportunity Sites is
contained in SETT 5 in Part 3, Volume 1 of the Plan. Development proposals will
also be assessed in accordance with the urban design criteria in Policy CF18.
The site may also be the subject of other Plan designations, as identified in
the amplification text for individual sites, and development proposals will be
assessed in accordance with the relevant Plan Proposals associated with those
designations.
This site comprises Lowe
Industrial Estate which includes a mixture of building types of a commercial
nature, ranging in size from small units fronting onto the Ballynahinch Road to
larger warehouse units to the rear of the site.
Detailed consultation with Rivers Agency, DARD will be required.
Existing combined trunk sewers run adjacent to and within the southern boundary.
An existing storm sewer crosses the site from west to east within the southern
boundary.
Detailed consultation with Water Service, DRD will be required.
Urban Environment
Urban Design
The Urban Design Criteria aim to
achieve greater consolidation of the Town Centre as a key urban place, with an
appropriate form of development and civic space. They will assist promotion of
the development of key sites along principles of good urban design. Policy for
Urban Design Criteria is contained in Policy UE 1 in Part 3, Volume 1 of the
Plan.
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