Northern Area Plan 2016
Coleraine Borough: Coleraine Open Space

Coleraine town is well provided for with public open space assessed against PPS 8: Open Space, Sport and Outdoor Recreation, including formal playing fields; public, private, and related to educational facilities; children’s play areas and informal recreational and amenity spaces. Therefore, no new major open space zonings are proposed. There is an area in Council ownership at Laurel hill adjoining a densely built up part of the town with limited larger areas of open space, where any development for housing will be required to include a substantial area of open space. The Department, consistent with Planning Policy 7: Quality Residential Environments, requires appropriate open space to be provided in new housing developments.

The Department will also seek to enhance the existing network of footpaths and cycle paths within the town through the normal development control process. The Plan promotes the development of two major footway/cycleway routes within the town, along the east bank of the Bann between the two bridges and along The Brook south east from the bus/rail station. These would greatly enhance existing facilities and provide valuable linkages.

The Plan identifies major areas of existing open space for information purposes. Policies relating to open space are contained within PPS 8: Open Space, Sport and Outdoor Recreation. All existing open space, whether identified in development plans or not, is protected under Policy OS1 of PPS8