Ards and Down Area Plan 2015
Plan Area: Ards Borough and Down District Council Areas
Status: Statutory Plan
Date: March 2009
Status: Statutory Plan
Date: March 2009
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Related LinksNotice is hereby given that the Department of the Environment, under the provisions of Part III of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991, has adopted the Ards and Down Area Plan 2015 to the extent approved and endorsed in The Ards and Down Area Plan 2015 Adoption Statement 2009. The Plan, as adopted, became operative on 30 March 2009.
The Department for Regional Development has determined, in accordance with Artcile 28(3) of the Planning (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003, that The Ards and Down Area Plan 2015 is in general conformity with the Regional Development Strategy for Northern Ireland 2025.
The Department has published a final version of the Ards and Down Area Plan 2015, incorporating the amendments outlined in the Adoption Statement
Download the statutory Plan
Volume 1 Plan Strategy, Policy Context and Countryside Proposals
Volume 2 Ards Borough Settlement Proposals
Refer to the Map Library for the relevant Settlement Maps
Volume 3 Down District Settlement Proposals
Refer to the Map Library for the relevant Settlement Maps
Download the Adoption Statement
Download the Planning Appeals Commission Report
Download the Appropriate Assessment Report and Maps
- Appropriate Assessment (
363 KB) - Appropriate Assessment Map 1 - Strangford Lough SAC ( 7082 KB)
- Appropriate Assessment Map 2 - Strangford Lough SPA & Ramsar ( 7092 KB)
- Appropriate Assessment Map 3a - Lecale Fens and Ballykilbeg ( 2203 KB)
- Appropriate Assessment Map 3b - Lecale Fens ( 2346 KB)
- Appropriate Assessment Map 3c - Lecale Fens ( 1532 KB)
- Appropriate Assessment Map 4 - Hollymount ( 2745 KB)
- Appropriate Assessment Map 5 - Murlough SAC ( 6450 KB)
- Appropriate Assessment Map 6 - Aughnadarragh ( 2214 KB)
- Appropriate Assessment Map 7 - Turmennan SAC & Ramsar ( 2562 KB)
- Appropriate Assessment Map 8 - Killough Bay SPA & Ramsar ( 1811 KB)
- Appropriate Assessment Map 9 - Eastern Mournes SAC ( 5522 KB)
- Appropriate Assessment Map 10 - Outer Ards SPA
Download the Equality Impact Assessment
Note: In the case of any contradiction between the Development Plan published on paper and the digital version of the Development Plan presented on this Website, the provisions of the Development Plan published on paper will prevail.
