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Northern Area Plan 2016
Coleraine Borough: Coleraine Town Centre (Page 1 of 2)

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The Plan seeks to maintain a vibrant, compact, multi functional town centre, which effectively functions as the focus of community and commercial life not just for the town, but for all of the Borough and beyond. The town centre also has potential to enhance its role of servicing North Coast tourism. A major retail household survey in the summer of 2003 concluded that 44% of all retail expenditure from the Northern Plan area goes to Coleraine, the greater part of this into the town centre. It also demonstrated that Coleraine has an extensive retail catchment, with the area for which Coleraine is the primary retail centre extending significantly beyond the Borough boundary.
Designation CET 01 Coleraine Town Centre
A Town Centre boundary is designated as identified in Map No. 3/01 b - Coleraine Town Centre.
A town centre boundary is defined in which normally all retail development will be required to locate. This has been defined to exclude all significant housing groups, which are considered to have a viable future as a residential environment. Within this town centre boundary a considerable number of development opportunities are identified including gap sites and properties requiring redevelopment or major refurbishment to bring them back into beneficial use.

Development Opportunity Sites

The Plan identifies the following major development opportunities. Proposals will be assessed against Policy SET 3: Proposals on Development Opportunity Sites, in Volume 1 of the Plan and other relevant policies.
In addition to the major development opportunities the Plan designates a number of target sites, smaller individual properties where major refurbishment or redevelopment will be acceptable provided the scale, height, design and finishes of any proposal will make a positive contribution to the townscape.
Zoning CET 02 Abbey Street Car Park Development Opportunity (0.57 ha)
Key Site Requirements
  1. The development of the site will only be considered within the context of an appropriate overall design concept to ensure it satisfactorily integratesinto the existing town centre fabric.
  2. An acceptable Transport Assessment will be required.
  3. The development of the site shall incorporate the provision of the current number of parking spaces, together with an additional level of provision to be agreed with the Department.
  4. An element of commercial development including retailing and offices will be acceptable.
  5. Any development shall not exceed the equivalent of a normal three storey building, and incorporate vertical emphasis in elevation treatment and roofdetail to ensure it is not overly dominant in the street scene.
  6. The design and finishes shall be of a high standard and enhance the appearance of Abbey Street, Stable Lane and New Row West.
Zoning CET 03 The Mall Car Park Development Opportunity (0.61 ha)
Key Site Requirements
  1. The development of the site will only be considered within the context of an acceptable overall design concept to ensure it satisfactorily integrates into the existing town centre fabric.
  2. An acceptable Transport Assessment will be required.
  3. The development of the site shall incorporate the provision of the current number of parking spaces, together with an additional level of provision to be agreed with the Department.
  4. An element of commercial development including retailing and offices will be acceptable.
  5. Any development shall not exceed the equivalent of a normal three storey building. Vertical emphasis in elevation detail and variety in roof design will be required.
  6. The design and finishes shall be of a high standard and enhance the appearance of The Mall, Bellhouse Lane and Park Street.
  7. A pedestrian link shall be provided to The Diamond Arcade.
  8. Any development will facilitate servicing to the rear of the adjoining commercial premises in The Diamond, Church Street and Queen Street.
  9. Any development will respect the historic integrity of The Mall as part of the town’s defensive earthworks.
Zoning CET 04 The Market Yard Development Opportunity (0.38 ha)
Key Site Requirements
  1. Any development shall not exceed the equivalent of a normal two storey building.
  2. The design and finishes shall be of a high standard and enhance the appearance of New Market Street, Lime Market Street and Beresford Court.
  3. Any development shall retain and sensitively integrate the listed historic structures of the wall along New Market Street and the Bell Tower in Lime Market Street.
This site is particularly suited to redevelopment as an entertainment/cultural complex.
Zoning CET 05 Bridge Street-Circular Road Development Opportunity (0.27 ha)
Key Site Requirements
  1. The development of the site will only be considered within the context of an appropriate overall design concept. An acceptable Transport Assessment will be required.
  2. This site is particularly suited to a mixed-use redevelopment including retail, office, catering and residential.
  3. Any development shall incorporate retail units fronting Bridge Street to enhance the functioning of this key town centre link.
  4. Any development shall not exceed the equivalent of a normal three storey building.
  5. The design and finishes shall be of a high standard and enhance the appearance of Bridge Street, and Circular Road
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