The Craigavon Town Centre Boundaries and Retail Designations Plan 2010 (the Plan) is a development plan being prepared under the provisions of Part III of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 by the Planning Service, an Agency within the Department of the Environment. The Plan relates to the Craigavon, Lurgan and Portadown town centres and will be additional to the Craigavon Area Plan 2010, adopted in August 2004. The Plan will be prepared within the context of the Regional Development Strategy and will inform the general public, statutory authorities, developers and other interested bodies of the boundaries and other designations that will be used to guide retail and other commercial development within the town centres up to the year 2010.

Following initial consultation the Department has now prepared and has published the Craigavon Town Centre Boundaries and Retail Designations Plan 2010 Issues Paper for the purpose of further consultation, including public participation. Copies of the Issues Paper are now obtainable free of charge from the Divisional Planning Office and the offices of Craigavon Borough Council, Craigavon Civic & Conference Centre, Lakeview Road, Craigavon.

The document is also available on the Planning Service website: www.planningni.gov.uk and is available on request in large text print, Braille or audio cassette.

Individuals and interested parties are invited to examine the issues and anyone wishing to submit representation may do so in writing to the address below:

Craigavon Area Plan Team

Craigavon Divisional Planning Office Marlborough House

Central Way

Craigavon

BT64 1AD

or by e-mail to divisional.planning.office.craigavon@nics.gov.uk or by fax to (028) 3832 0004. All representations should be received no later than 1^st July 2005.

Please note that any representations relating to specific sites should be accompanied by an up-to­date map clearly identifying the lands in question. All representations already made about the Plan will be carried forward and considered along with any new comments received as part of this process. There will also be further opportunities to comment on the Plan Proposals.

T Clarke

Acting Director of Plans and Policies

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