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Banbridge / Newry and Mourne Area Plan 2015
District Proposals: Rathfriland Industry, Business and Distribution

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Rathfriland has a role as a local service and employment centre. It has a small industrial base centred on a joinery workshop complex at Newry Road and a metal workshop adjacent at Loughbrickland Road.
The Banbridge Area Plan 1983-1998 zoned land at Loughbrickland Road, which was not developed. This land comprising 1.54 hectares is again zoned for industry under IND 1 in Volume 1 of the Plan.

Industry Zonings

The following site is zoned for industry. Policy for the control of development on zoned sites is contained in Policy SMT 2 in Volume 1 of the Plan. Zoned land will be developed in accordance with all prevailing regional planning policy and with any relevant Plan Policies and Proposals, including where specified, key site requirements.
Zoning RD 10 Industry Loughbrickland Road
1.54 hectares of land at Loughbrickland Road are zoned for industry as identified on Map No. 2/05a - Rathfriland.
Key Site Requirements:
  • Access arrangements and industrial layout are to ensure that buildings do not back onto Loughbrickland Road or Newry Road;
  • All new development shall provide a high quality of layout and design;
  • Buildings shall exhibit variety in their elevational treatment and heights;
  • Any open storage areas to be located so as to be screened from view from Loughbrickland Road and Newry Road;
  • Access to the site shall be via Loughbrickland Road which needs to be widened. Development set back and junction improvement works would be required to facilitate an upgrade of the Loughbrickland Road / Red Bridge Road junction. The developer is advised to consult with Roads Service at an early stage;
  • Existing hedges along the western and southern boundaries of the site shall be retained and shall be supplemented with the planting of a 5 metre belt of trees of native species to provide screening for the development and to assist integration in the landscape;
  • Landscaping to be carried out along the site frontage to Loughbrickland Road and within the site in line with Departmental guidance at planning application stage.
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