Northern Area Plan 2016
Moyle District: Moss-side

Moss-side, which grew up around a local mill, is located adjacent to the main B67 road between Coleraine, 17 kilometres to the west, and Ballycastle, 11 kilometres to the north east. The village is a minor service centre providing a limited range of convenience shopping and other facilities. For many years it was dominated by public authority housing estates at Rockfield Gardens, Moss-side Gardens and Community Walk. However, a private housing development has been built opposite Community Walk, and a further large private housing development has been approved. In 2001 the population was 270. Moss-side is designated a Small Village in the Settlement Hierarchy in Volume 1 of the Plan.

In the context of the scale of recent housing development and existing planning approvals in Moss-side, the development limit has been defined to consolidate the existing village form.