Northern Ireland Planning Service

Northern Area Plan 2016
Strategic Plan Framework: Open Space, Sport and Outdoor Recreation Rights of Way

Policy OSR 1 Public Rights of Way and Permissive Paths
Permission will not be granted for development proposals that would have an adverse impact on the route, character, function or recreational value of the Ulster Way, the National Cycle Network, public rights of way or permissive paths.
Proposals that improve these routes will be permitted, provided the proposal is compatible with, and sensitive to, the local environment.
The Plan area has long been popular as a destination for informal recreation activity. Nationally recognised facilities such as the Ulster Way and the National Cycle Network are also important tourist attractions. Walking is becoming an increasingly common form of informal recreation, with the existing rights of way and permissive paths in the Plan area facilitating this.
Development proposals should physically relate to these routes, for example with development fronting onto them, and providing pedestrian and cycle links from the site of the proposal to the routes.
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