Settlement Proposals
Small Settlements
Ballymoney Borough
 


DUNAGHY

SETTLEMENT DESIGNATION

Dunaghy is located 4 kilometres east of Ballymoney and a short distance east of the main A26 route from Coleraine to Ballymena. It is located within the Ballymoney/Coleraine Green Belt. The settlement is comprised mainly of a number of relatively small post-War housing developments, initially by the public sector but since 1980 also by the private sector. Dunaghy contains a primary school, a filling station and shop and two community halls. A number of commercial businesses are located at Landhead Road.

The hamlet has developed as two main clusters, with private sector housing around Landhead Primary School to the west and most of the older development to the east. In the past decade housing developments have taken place at Landsdale Park and Barkley Court resulting in a slight increase in the estimated population from 400 in 1991 to 420 by 2001. Dunaghy is designated a Hamlet in the Settlement Hierarchy in Volume 1 of the Plan.
 

Designation DY 01
Settlement Development Limit
 

A settlement development limit is designated as identified on Map No. 2/15 – Dunaghy.
 

The development limit will consolidate the existing clusters without extending the linear pattern of development along Kilraghts Road. Any development will be required to be in character, in terms of density, height and design, with the existing built form.

OPEN SPACE

The Plan identifies major areas of existing open space for information purposes.  Policies relating to open space are contained within PPS 8: Open Space, Sport and Outdoor Recreation. All existing open space, whether identified in development plans or not, is protected under Policy OS1 of PPS 8.