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Northern Area Plan 2016
Coleraine Borough: Coleraine Housing (Page 1 of 5)

The following Table sets out the provision of housing in Coleraine at July 2004.0
Table 1: Housing Provision, July 2004
Housing Provision Number of Houses
Allocation 1998-2016 2,855
Completions 1998-July 2004 950
Under Construction July 2004 124
Commitments July 2004 180
Windfall Allowance 137
Urban capacity zonings 1,373
Phase 1 urban fringe zonings 477
Phase 2 urban fringe zonings 379

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In the period from December 1998 to July 2004, a total of 950 dwellings were completed in the town. In July 2004 there were 19 committed sites with planning permission for 310 dwellings under construction or not started. Therefore to meet the allocation of 2,855 dwellings, the Plan needs to provide sufficient sites to accommodate the balance of 1,595 dwellings.
Towards providing for this requirement a thorough evaluation of urban capacity has resulted in the identification of a further 40 sites with a total area of 59.4 hectares and an estimated potential of 1,373 dwellings within Coleraine’s urban footprint, which are physically suitable for housing development. It is assumed, within the Plan period 60% of this potential will be completed, therefore the projected yield from the identified urban capacity sites is 824.
In the context of development experience in the past 5 years, the Plan projects a further 137 dwellings may be expected to be developed on windfall sites over the remainder of the Plan period, bringing the total estimated yield within the urban footprint to 961 dwellings.
The Plan retains five undeveloped zonings carried over from the previous Area Plan, with a total area of 42.7 hectares and an estimated total capacity of 856 dwellings. Three of these zonings have applications for detailed housing schemes, either on all of the zoning or a significant part of the zoning. The balance of the largest of these housing zonings at Wattstown, without a current planning application, will be held for development into the second half of the Plan period as Phase 2 lands, and will not be released for development, before the year 2010. Its release will also be dependent on regular monitoring of the Plan, demonstrating that the need for these lands remains and there is a satisfactory balance of development, meeting the RDS objective of at least 60% of housing being completed within the urban footprint.
Housing Zonings (Existing Commitments)
The following housing zonings have planning permission and are identified on Map No. 3/01a - Coleraine:
Location No. of dwellings to be completed Site area (ha.) Commenced July 2004 Map reference
Drumtarsey Road 10 0.23 Yes CEH 01
Wheatsheaf Park 6 0.66 Yes CEH 02
22 Circular Road 9 0.08 No CEH 03
7 to 21 Mountsandel Rd. 37 0.41 Yes CEH 04
41 Portstewart Road 25 0.80 Yes CEH 05
Loguestown south 21 0.85 Yes CEH 06
Knocklynn Road west 40 2.15 No CEH 07
Somerset Park west 18 1.03 No CEH 08
100 Castlerock Road 26 1.31 Yes CEH 09
Cairnhill 6 0.22 Yes CEH 10
Knockbracken Drive 6 0.24 No CEH 11
46 Lower Captain Street 8 0.04 No CEH 12
Brook Green 36 0.96 Yes CEH 13
20 Circular Road 5 0.06 Yes CEH 14
Knocktarna Grange (2 sites) 6 0.51 Yes CEH 15
106-108 Long Commons 8 0.03 Yes CEH 16
108 Mountsandel Road 12 0.50 Yes CEH 17
Former Irish Society Sch. 21 0.59 Yes CEH 18
Braemar 7 0.16 No CEH 19
Knockantern Grove 8 0.60 Yes CEH 20
Phase 1 Housing Zonings (Urban capacity)
The following urban capacity sites are zoned for housing development, subject to compliance with the key site requirements and other requirements for the development of each site consistent with relevant planning policy including current Planning Policy Statements and the specific considerations related to the submission of planning applications:
Housing Zoning CEH 21 Adjoining Greystone Park (0.49 ha.)
Key Site Requirements
  1. Development shall be within the range of 12 to 18 dwellings per hectare, to ensure the character of the area is maintained.
  2. Development shall not be greater than two storeys in height to ensure the character of the area is respected.
  3. The access to the site, which may require additional lands, shall be from Cairn Road, the adjoining section of which shall be upgraded to a 5.5 metre wide carriageway, with a 2.0 metre wide footway along the site frontage.
  4. The design of any dwellings shall provide for amelioration from noise andvibration from the nearby railway.
  5. The hedge along the eastern boundary shall be maintained and enhanced, with native tree species to be planted in a 5 metre wide belt adjoining the railway. A row of appropriate native trees shall also be planted along the southern boundary.
Housing Zoning CEH 22 Carthall Road North (0.31 ha.)
Key Site Requirements
  1. Development shall be within the range of 15 to 25 dwellings per hectare, to ensure the character of the area is maintained.
  2. Development shall not be greater than two storeys in height to ensure the character of the area is respected.
  3. The access to the site shall be from either Carthall Road or Carthall Park.
  4. Any development shall provide for the retention of all appropriate existing trees within or adjoining the site, by ensuring that no activity, works or storage take place within the outer limits of the crown-spread of the trees, or a distance of half the height of the trees, whichever is greater.
Housing Zoning CEH 23 Adjoining Ballysally Primary School (1.50 ha.)
Key Site Requirements
  1. Development shall be within the range of 15 to 25 dwellings per hectare, to ensure the character of the area is maintained.
  2. Development shall generally not be greater than two storeys in height to ensure the character of the area is respected.
  3. The development of this site may require additional lands to provide an access to a public road.
  4. The development of the site shall include the provision of appropriate pedestrian/cycle access to Ballysally Primary School and neighbouring community facilities.
Housing Zoning CEH 24 Daneshill Road East (1.06 ha.)
Key Site Requirements
  1. Development shall be within the range of 15 to 25 dwellings per hectare, to ensure the character of the area is maintained.
  2. Development shall generally not be greater than two storeys in height to ensure the character of the area is respected.
  3. The access to the site shall be from Daneshill Road.
  4. There shall be no direct vehicular access to or from the site onto the Ring Road.
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