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

Mayobridge is located approximately 9 kilometres east of Newry and 6 kilometres west of Hilltown. It has developed around a crossroads on the main Newry/Hilltown Road.

It is a compact settlement set in an undulating open landscape. Lands rise gently to the east of the settlement and more steeply to the south. On the Newry Road, the land beyond the development limit falls away and doesn’t visually relate to the village. The landscape to the northwest is gently undulating whilst lands to the north are generally flat.

Most of the existing development is to the south of the settlement stretching from the original crossroad, out along Chapel Hill Road, Ballyvally Road and Hilltown Road with development having taken place more recently along Bavan Road.

There is a range of community facilities within the village. These include St. Patrick’s Church and Hall, a primary school, youth club and playing fields. Retail facilities available within the village include a small supermarket, credit union, a pharmacy and a public house.

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 which 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 designation of a settlement development limit around Mayobridge allows for the rationalisation and consolidation of existing development thus avoiding further urban expansion into the surrounding rural area and ribbon development along the main routes out of the village. The areas of local landscape value in and around the settlement that provide visually significant perimeters are protected.

The Housing Needs Assessment has identified a social housing need of 14 dwellings for Mayobridge. The following sites have been identified in whole or in part to meet this social housing need in Mayobridge.

Details of the social housing allocation and associated methodology are contained in the Population and Housing Technical Supplement.

The following sites, including committed sites, are zoned for housing. 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.

The plan does not stipulate key site requirements for committed sites because future development will be subject to the conditions attached to planning permission. However, in the event that such permission may lapse Planning Service may alter existing conditions or attach new conditions to any subsequent approval to take account of prevailing regional planning policy and the Plan Proposals.

Outline planning permission has been granted for housing development on this site.

A full planning application has been submitted for housing development on this site.

The B8 is a Protected Route as indicated on Map No. 3/16 – Mayobridge. Policy for the control of access to this route is contained in Policy AMP 3 of PPS 3 - Access, Movement and Parking.

An AAP is defined in Mayobridge as indicated Map No. 3/16 – Mayobridge. Policy for the protection of archaeological remains is contained in PPS 6 - Planning, Archaeology and the Built Heritage.

The following areas are designated as LLPAs. Policy for the control of development within LLPAs is contained in Policy CVN 4 in Volume 1 of the Plan.