Northern Ireland Planning Service

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

Designation CN 01 Settlement Development Limit
A settlement development limit is designated as identified on Map No. 3/25 – Creggan.

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The settlement development limit is designated to take account of land with extant planning permission for housing and sites that have not yet been approved but are at a stage in the planning application process where there is a reasonable expectation that planning approval will be granted. The settlement development limit also takes account of the role of the settlement whilst protecting its natural setting.
The settlement development limit acts to protect the compact form of this settlement whilst preventing ribbon development and encroachment into the surrounding countryside. The limit to the west has been drawn to afford protection to locally significant land that includes the Church of Ireland church, graveyard and Poets Glen. Newry and Mourne District Council have acquired the Poets Glen and developed it as a public park based on a theme relating to the poets Art McCooey and Pádraig Giolla Liondáin who were associated with the Creggan district and who are buried in the adjacent graveyard. The settlement limit is also drawn to prevent sprawl along Newry Road and to avoid development on the elevated rock outcrops to the east.

Site of Local Nature Conservation Importance (SLNCI)

Crossmaglen North Fen is designated as a SLNCI under Plan Proposal NC 13 as indicated on Map No. 3/25 - Creggan.

Area of Archaeological Potential (AAP)

An AAP is defined in Creggan as indicated on Map No. 3/25 - Creggan. Policy for the protection of archaeological remains is contained in PPS 6 - Planning, Archaeology and the Built Heritage.

Local Landscape Policy Area (LLPA)

The following area is designated as a LLPA. Policy for the control of development within LLPAs is contained in Policy CVN 4 in Volume 1 of the Plan.
Designation CN 02 Local Landscape Policy Area Creggan
A LLPA is designated as identified on Map No. 3/25 - Creggan.
Those features or combination of features that contribute to the environmental quality, integrity or character of this LLPA are listed below:
  • Listed Church of Ireland church, graveyard and associated land;
  • Views and settings of the church from the surrounding area;
  • Poets Glen, walled garden, parkland trees;
  • Associated lands and planting in the river corridor an
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