Banbridge / Newry and Mourne Area Plan 2015
Strategic Plan Framework: Urban Design

Interaction with the urban environment is an unavoidable part of everyday life. It is therefore desirable to create attractive, high quality, sustainable places in which to live, work and relax. Development often presents opportunities to improve the urban environment and how it is occupied and used. Careful consideration should be given to how any development will interact with the existing surrounding built form and how any new buildings and spaces will be used.

Careful design is particularly important in areas of built heritage importance such as Conservation Areas and Areas of Townscape Character (ATCs). The ATC designations contained in Volume 2 and Volume 3 of the Plan detail those features that contribute to the distinct character of the urban form.

Many of the sites zoned in Volumes 2 and 3 of the Plan have key site requirements which contain design guidance relating to the layout of the site, building height etc.