Banbridge / Newry and Mourne Area Plan 2015
Introduction: Plan Objectives
The objectives are as follows:
- to facilitate sustainable patterns of growth and development throughout the Plan Area in general conformity with the sustainability related strategic objectives of the RDS;
- to promote Banbridge and Newry as main hubs within Northern Ireland and to enhance the inter-regional gateway role of Newry;
- to promote Warrenpoint as a local hub and allow for the expansion of Dromore to accommodate housing need related to the Belfast Metropolitan Area;
- to allocate land for additional housing development over the Plan period in accordance with the strategic objectives and guidelines contained in the RDS;
- to provide for the needs of each settlement in a sustainable manner, promoting compact urban forms and protecting and maintaining distinctive local character and viability;
- to facilitate appropriate development within existing urban areas that will promote urban renaissance, create ease of access to services and community facilities, and to maximise the use of existing infrastructure;
- to facilitate economic development and the creation of employment, taking into account the Government initiative of New TSN;
- to facilitate integration between land use and transportation in order to reduce congestion and the need for car journeys and to encourage a shift to more sustainable modes of transport, particularly walking, cycling and public transport;
- to promote town centre vitality and viability;
- to conserve, sustain and enhance the area's environmental qualities, local distinctiveness and sites of environmental importance in terms of landscape character and diversity, wildlife and habitats, townscape and archaeology; and
- to facilitate the promotion of equality of opportunity and good relations between persons of different religious belief, political opinion or racial group.
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