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Newry, Planning Notice
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The Planning (Local Development Plan) Regulations
(Northern Ireland) 2015
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council Local
Development Plan 2035, Draft Plan Strategy: Public
Consultation on Focused Changes
In accordance with the Department for Infrastructure’s
Development Plan Practice Note 10 (DPPN 10) Submitting
Development Plan Documents for Independent Examination
(December 2019), Newry, Mourne and Down District Council is
consulting on Focused Changes in response to representations
received to the Local Development Plan 2035, Draft Plan Strategy.
This is in advance of the Council’s submission to the Department
for Infrastructure (DfI) to cause an Independent Examination (IE).
A Focused Change is one that needs addressed to ensure there
is no impact on the soundness of the Draft Plan Strategy. The
Focused changes are provided as an addendum to the Draft
Plan Strategy.
The Council has considered the Focused Changes in relation to
the integrated Sustainability Appraisal (including SEA) and other
supporting documents including the Draft Rural Needs Impact
Assessment, Draft Equality Impact Screening Report, and Draft
Habitats Regulations Assessment which are provided as
further addendums.
The Focused Changes Consultation and supporting documents
are available to view on the Council’s website and in hard copy
during office hours, 9am to 5pm, at the following Council offices
throughout the consultation period:
• Downpatrick Office, Downshire Civic Centre, Ardglass Road,
Downpatrick, BT30 6GQ
• Newry Office, Haughey House, Rampart Road, Greenbank,
Newry, BT34 2QU
The consultation period for Focused Changes will take place
over an 8-week period from 26 October 2026 to
21 December 2026.
Comments made can only address and relate to the
soundness of the Focused Changes, as this consultation
is not an opportunity to add to previous representations
submitted to the Draft Plan Strategy, or to make new
comments on the Draft Plan Strategy.
Comments on the Focused Changes can be made by email to
or by writing to:
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Local Development Plan Team, Downshire Civic Centre,
Ardglass Road, Downpatrick BT30 6GQ
Comments received will be treated in accordance with the Council’s
LDP Privacy Notice available on the Council’s website. Following
closure of the consultation period, the Council will publish
comments received on its website. The Council will forward all
comments received to the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) as
part of the Independent Examination process.
Full details of the consultation are available on the Council’s
website at
www.newrymournedown.org/local-development-plan
Marie Ward, Chief Executive
Oifig an lúir, Newry Office
Haughey House, Rampart Road, Greenbank, Newry, BT34 2QU.
Oifig Dhún Pádraig, Downpatrick Office
Downshire Civic Centre, Downshire Estate,
Ardglass Road, Downpatrick, BT30 6GQ.
