Local Development Plan

• facilitating the protection and provision of green and blue
infrastructure
• supporting the provision of jobs, services, and economic growth
• supporting delivery of homes to meet the full range of housing
needs
• contributing to balanced communities
• supporting broader government policy aimed at addressing for
example obesity, and health and wellbeing impacts arising through
pollution.
Creating and enhancing shared space is also a core planning principle.
The planning system has an active role to play in helping to better the
lives of people and communities and in supporting the Executive’s key
priority of improving health and wellbeing.
The planning system can influence the type, location, siting and design of
development. This includes mixed use developments; mixed tenure
housing schemes; strong neighbourhood centres; temporary uses in
interface locations; active street frontages; buildings that provide public
services, including education, healthcare, cultural and recreational
facilities; public paths and cycleways; and passive spaces such as civic
squares and public parks.
The SPPS states that Local Development Plans should allocate sufficient
land to meet the anticipated needs of the community, in terms of health,
education and other public services (para 6.246).
Existing Development Plan
The existing Development Plan (BMAP) includes an Education, Health,
Community and Cultural Facilities Strategy which aims to facilitate the
delivery of service provision within the Plan area, and highlight
appropriate requirements for new service provision through key site
requirements. It acknowledges the range of facilities across the Plan area
and recognises the need to protect land for education, health, community
and cultural facilities.
Lisburn & Castlereagh draft Community Plan 2017-32
A primary outcome of the draft Community Plan is:
‘We live and work in an attractive, resilient and people-friendly places,
safeguarding the local and global environment.’
The draft Community Plan includes a number of outcomes that rely on
good provision of education, health, community and cultural facilities:
• All children and young people have an equal chance to fulfil their
educational potential
• Children and young people are physically active and enjoy good
mental health
• People of all ages are more physically active more often
• We enjoy good mental health
• We have access to essential services, shops, leisure and workplaces
• There is widespread participation in public and community life, arts,
culture and sport by people of all backgrounds
• There is community ownership and management of local assets and
facilities
• We identify positively with our local neighbourhoods: urban,
suburban and rural.
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