Settlement Proposals
Towns

MAGHERA
HOUSING

The Plan makes provision for approximately 600 dwellings over the Plan period. This will include dwellings built since 31 December 1998, the yield arising from existing commitments and the estimated yield delivered by the housing zonings.

Further details are contained in the Population and Housing Technical Supplement. A total of approximately 21 hectares of land is zoned for housing under Allocation HOU 1 in Part 2 of the Plan. Housing zonings are identified on Map No. 82a - Maghera.

Sites have been selected to allow for the efficient use of land within the urban footprint, to provide choice in the housing market and to include existing commitments on sites where development has occurred since the beginning of the Plan period. Other factors influencing site selection include accessibility to the town centre and to public transport and the aim to minimise detrimental impact upon the environment.

Land zoned for housing will be developed in accordance with prevailing regional planning policy, and with the Plan Proposals including key site requirements which may include access requirements, infrastructure requirements, public open space provision, landscaping, provision for walking and/or cycling and other site specific requirements.

HOUSING ZONINGS

The following sites MA 02 – MA 09 are zoned for housing as identified on Map No. 82a - Maghera.

Zoning MA 02 
Housing Committed Housing Sites (Built Sites)
 

The following sites are zoned for housing as identified on Map No. 82a - Maghera:

       MA 02/01 Tirkane Road (1.05 ha)

       MA 02/02 Martinvale Park

       MA 02/03 Craigadick Road (0.9 ha)

       MA 02/04 Coleraine Road (7.6 ha)

       MA 02/05 Glen Road (1.0 ha)
 

Committed sites include approved housing sites developed in full or in part for 10 or more dwellings since the commencement of the Plan period.

MA 02/01 Tirkane Road (1.05 hectare)

Planning permission was granted for 21 dwellings on this site in December 2001. To date 16 units have been built.

MA 02/02 Martinvale Park

10 dwellings have been built within this development since the start of the Plan period. Owing to the scattered location of these dwellings within the established housing development it is not feasible to portray a boundary encompassing these units.

MA 02/03 Craigadick Road (0.9 hectare)

Planning permission for 12 dwellings on this site was granted in April 2002. To date 11 units have been built.

MA 02/04 Coleraine Road (7.6 hectares)

Planning permission for 149 dwellings on this site was granted in July 2001. To date 15 units have been built.

MA 02/05 Glen Road (1.0 hectare)

Full planning permission was granted for 10 dwellings on this site in November 2000. To date 1 dwelling has been built.

Zoning MA 03
Housing Committed Housing Sites (Approved Sites)
 

The following sites are zoned for housing as identified on Map No. 82a - Maghera:

      MA 03/01 Fair Hill (1.0 ha)

      MA 03/02 Crew Road (1.57 ha)

      MA 03/03 Crew Road (2.5 ha)

      MA 03/04 Coleraine Road (4.57 ha)
 

Committed sites include sites with extant planning permission and sites that have not yet been approved but which are at a stage in the planning application process where there is a reasonable expectation that planning approval will be granted.

Only those sites with approval or potential for 10 dwellings or more have been zoned for housing.

The Plan does not stipulate key site requirements for these sites as future development will be subject to conditions attached to planning permissions. In the event that such permissions lapse, Planning Service may alter existing conditions or attach new conditions to any subsequent approval to take account of prevailing regional planning policy and the adopted Plan.

MA 03/01 Fair Hill (1.0 hectare)

Planning permission was granted for 29 dwellings on a larger site in April 1996. Six dwellings were built before the commencement of the Plan and hence excluded from the zoning. The residual area is zoned as a committed site on the basis that there is a live approval for 23 units.

 

MT 03/02 Crew Road (1.57 hectares)

Within this site there are 2 current applications for full planning permission for 20 units and 6 units.

MT 03/03 Crew Road (2.5 hectares)

There is a current application for full planning permission for 52 dwellings on this site.

MT 03/04 Coleraine Road (4.57 hectares)

There is a current full planning application for 103 dwellings on this site.

Zoning MA 04 
Housing Land at Martinvale Park, off Station Road
 

0.53 Hectare of land at Martinvale Park, off Station Road, is zoned for housing as identified on Map No.82a - Maghera.

Key Site Requirements

  • Housing development to be a minimum gross site density of 9 dwellings
    per hectare.
     

  • The site shall be accessed from Martinvale Park.
     

  • Dwelling types shall be single or 1.5 storey with ridge height not
    exceeding 6.0 metres.
     

  • The layout of dwellings shall be designed to ensure that dwellings front
    on to the south-east boundary of the site.
     

  • The design layout shall include dedicated provision for cyclists and
    pedestrians with links to Station Road.

 

Zoning MA 05
Housing Land at Sycamore Drive, off Carricknakielt Road
 

1.86 Hectares of land at Sycamore Drive, off Carricknakielt Road, are zoned for housing as identified on Map No. 82a - Maghera.

Key Site Requirements

  • Housing development to be a minimum gross site density of 21 dwellings
    per hectare.
     

  • The site shall be accessed from Sycamore Drive and/or the disused rail
    track bed onto Station Road.
     

  • The sightlines at the junction of Sycamore Drive and Carricknakielt
    Road will require upgrading. The developer shall consult with Roads
    Service prior to submission of a planning application.
     

  • The design layout shall include dedicated provision for cyclists and
    pedestrians with links to Carricknakielt Road and Station Road.
     

  • The mature trees and vegetation along the disused rail bed shall be
    retained except where removal is required to facilitate access.
     

  • Contemporaneous with the new development, the northern and eastern
    boundaries abutting the countryside shall be planted with a a 5-8
    metre belt of trees of native species. This is intended to provide
    screening for the development and to assist integration with the Green
    Belt.

 

Zoning MA 06 
Housing Land at Glen Road
 

1.33 Hectares of land at Glen Road, to the east of Glenvale, are zoned for housing as identified on Map No. 82a - Maghera.

Key Site Requirements

  • Housing development to be a minimum gross site density of 12 dwellings
    per hectare.
     

  • The residential layout is to ensure that dwellings do not back onto Glen
    Road.
     

  • Existing mature trees within the site and along site boundaries are to
    be retained.
     

  • The design layout shall include dedicated provision for cyclists and
    pedestrians with links to Glen Road.

 

Zoning MA 07
Housing Land at Tirkane Road
 

0.62 Hectare of land at Tirkane Road is zoned for housing as identified on Map No. 82a - Maghera.

Key Site Requirements

  • Housing development to be a minimum gross site density of 12 dwellings
    per hectare.
     

  • The residential layout is to ensure that dwellings do not back onto
    Tirkane Road.
     

  • The design layout shall include dedicated provision for cyclists and
    pedestrians with links to Tirkane Road.

 

Zoning MA 08 
Housing Land at Crew Road
 

1.65 Hectares of land at Crew Road are zoned for housing as identified on Map No. 82a - Maghera.

Key Site Requirements

  • Housing development to be a minimum gross site density of 20 dwellings
    per hectare and a maximum gross density of 25 dwellings per hectare.
     

  • The site shall be accessed from Crew Road via the zoned housing site
    MA03/02.
     

  • A right turn lane is required on Moneysharvan Road into Crew Road.
     

  • The design layout shall include dedicated provision for cyclists and
    pedestrians with links to Crew Road.
     

  • Contemporaneous with the new development, a 5 to 8 metre planted
    landscape buffer consisting of indigenous trees and hedgerow species
    to be provided along the southern boundary of the site.

 

Zoning MA 09
Housing Land at Sunnyside Drive
 

0.46 Hectare of land at Sunnyside Drive is zoned for housing as identified on Map No. 82a - Maghera.

Key Site Requirements

  • Housing Development shall be a minimum gross site density of 31
    dwellings per hectare.
     

  • Pedestrian and cycle links to Sunnyside Drive, Crawfordstown Drive and
    the open space/recreation land to the east of the site.
     

  • The design layout shall ensure that dwellings do not back onto
    Sunnyside Drive.
     

  • Contemporaneous with the new development, a 5 to 8 metre planted
    landscape buffer consisting of indigenous tree and hedgerow species
    shall be provided along the eastern boundary of the site abutting the
    open space area.