BUSHVALESETTLEMENT DESIGNATION
Bushvale is located 8 kilometres east of Ballymoney. It developed from a
small cluster of dwellings including a row of semi-detached
public sector houses built along Fivey Road in the 1950s, but has expanded in the
past decade with the construction of a new development of private dwellings
at Wallace Crescent which at July 2004, was not yet complete. This has led to a
marginal increase in the population of the hamlet from about 60 in 1991, to an
estimated 75 by 2001. A recently completed replacement primary school is
located a short distance east of the hamlet, with a church and church hall to the west. Bushvale is designated a Hamlet in the Settlement Hierarchy in Volume 1 of the
Plan.
Designation BU 01
Settlement Development Limit
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A settlement development limit is designated as identified on Map No.
2/11 – Bushvale.
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The development limit will consolidate the existing hamlet. Some
development opportunities exist in terms of infilling, utilisation
of underused land and redevelopment. Any development will be required to be
in character, in terms of density, height and design, with the existing built
form.
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