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Settlement Proposals
Villages
CASTLEDAWSON
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Castledawson is located beside the main A6 Belfast to Londonderry Road, approximately 4km north-east of Magherafelt town. It is set in a landscape of low rolling hills and flat meadowlands, south of the Moyola River and the mature woodland and parkland of Moyola Park estate, which contribute much to the character and setting of the village. ‘Lewis’s Loughinsholin (1837)’ states that “Castledawson, or Dawson’s Bridge, appears to have assumed its present form and name in the year 1710. It consists of two principal and some smaller streets.” It further developed along Main Street, then expanded to the south, away from the river and estate lands. Modern development has resulted in the village expanding further southwards, where it is now contained by the A6 road.
Castledawson is a service centre with a wide range of facilities including several places of worship, community halls, variety of shops, garage and golf course. The village has a strong industrial base including a furniture factory, timber yard and engineering works.
Designation
CN 01
Settlement Development Limit
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A settlement development limit is
designated as identified on Map No. 84a - Castledawson.
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The settlement development limit is designated to take account of land with extant planning permission for housing 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. The settlement development limit also takes account of the role of the settlement whilst protecting its natural setting. The settlement development limit excludes the important landscapes to the west, north and east of the village, lands to the southeast, between the Bells Hill Road and the Moyola River, that are subject to flooding, lands to the west of Annaghmore Road that are visually prominent, Best and Most Versatile (BMV) agricultural land, and other lands which are not committed to development.
Housing
Land designated as Housing Land Use Policy Areas will be developed in accordance with prevailing regional planning policy and the relevant Plan Proposals including key site requirements where specified. The following sites CN 02 - CN 05 are designated as Housing Land Use Policy Areas as identified on Map No. 84a - Castledawson.
Designation
CN 02
Housing Land Use Policy Area
Committed Housing Site (Built Site)
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The following sites are designated as Housing Land Use Policy
Areas as identified on Map No. 84a - Castledawson
CN02/1 Oak Grove, off Annaghmore Road
CN02/2 Castle Oak, off Annaghmore Road
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Committed sites include approved housing sites developed in full or in part for 10 or more dwellings since the commencement of the Plan period.
CN 02/1 Oak Grove, off Annaghmore Road 28 dwellings have been built within this housing development since the start of the Plan period, with capacity for a further 4 approved units. Owing to the scattered location of these dwellings within the established housing development it is not feasible to portray a boundary encompassing these units.
CN 02/ 2 Castle Oak, off Annaghmore Road
11 dwellings have been built within this housing 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. The development is now completed.
Designation
CN 03
Housing Land Use Policy Areas
Committed Housing Sites
(Approved Sites)
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The following
sites are designated as Housing Land Use Policy Areas as identified on Map No.
84a - Castledawson
CN 03/1 Moyola Road (3.65 ha)
CN 03/2 Castle Oak, Annaghmore Road (0.55 ha)
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Committed sites include sites with 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 are designated for housing.
The Plan does not stipulate key site requirements for these sites because future development will be subject to the conditions attached to relevant 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 Plan Proposals.
CN 03/1 Moyola Road (3.65 hectares) Full planning permission for the development of 75 dwellings on this site was granted in June 2003.
CN 03/2 Castle Oak, Annaghmore Road (0.55 hectare)
There is a current application for full planning permission for 12 dwellings on this site.
Click here to view Map 84a - Castledawson
Designation
CN 04
Housing Land Use Policy Area
Land between Main Street and Moyola Gardens
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0.3 Hectare of
land between Main Street and Moyola Gardens is designated as a Housing Land Use
Policy Area as identified on Map No. 84a - Castledawson.
Key Site Requirements
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Housing
development to be a minimum gross site density of 19 dwellings per hectare.
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The site must
be accessed from Moyola Gardens which will require to be widened to 4.8 metres
with provision of two 1.8 metre wide footways.
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The design
layout shall include dedicated provision Street.
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The mature
trees along the western boundary of the site shall be retained in the interests
of amenity and as a landscape buffer along the boundary with existing commercial
premises to afford protection to the amenity of the proposed dwelling.
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Designation
CN 05
Housing Land Use Policy Area
Lands to the South of Former Railway Line and to the West of
Bells Hill Road
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4.05 Hectares
of land to the south of former Railway Line and to the west of Bells Hill Road
are designated as a Housing Land Use Policy Area as identified on Map No. 84a -
Castledawson.
Key Site Requirements
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Housing development to be a minimum gross site density of 19 dwellings per
hectare.
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Housing development onto Bells Hill Road shall be
single storey frontage development respecting the building line of existing
frontage dwellings.
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The site shall be accessed from Bells Hill Road. A second
access can be taken from Annaghmore Road.
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A right turn lane is required on Bells Hill Road.
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The design layout shall include dedicated provision for
cyclists and pedestrians with links to Bells Hill Road.
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Mature trees within the site shall be retained.
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The design layout shall ensure a built frontage onto Bells Hill
Road.
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