Banbridge / Newry and Mourne Area Plan 2015
District Proposals: Banbridge Settlement

The settlement development limit is designated to take account of the town's role as a main hub while protecting its natural setting.

The settlement development limit is drawn to generally consolidate the form of the town while allowing some urban expansion on the south-eastern side of the town adjacent to the bypass.

The opportunity for outward expansion is constrained in several locations by topographic and environmental factors including high quality landscape along the river valley and elevated land associated with the town's drumlin landscape setting. The settlement development limit has recognised the important contribution of these elements to the setting of the town, helping to curtail urban sprawl into the countryside.

The settlement development limit maximises the use of existing land within the urban footprint of the town. The previous limit of development has been extended in several locations in order to take account of land with extant planning permission and to provide additional land for industry adjacent to the A1.