Sandholes Road Development Proposal

Area Plan Context The Local Development Plan (LDP) and policy provisions relevant to the site are within the Cookstown Area Plan (CAP) 2010. As per Map No. 36a – Cookstown, the site boundary includes the Industry/Mixed Business Use Zoning Ref: I 3, along with a small portion of lands (c. 1.45Ha) outside the settlement development limit of Cookstown. As noted by the CAP 2010, industry traditionally developed to the south of the town where early linen mills were sited next to the Ballinderry River. Whilst these have long since disappeared, this remains the focus of industrial activity including the Lafarge Cement Works to the south of the site. In total, the CAP 2010 identified 65.6Ha of land for Industry and Mixed Business Use. Policy IND 1 notes that within these areas, planning permission will normally be granted for industry, storage and distribution, and other appropriate business uses where the development meets the Key Site Requirements (KSRs) of the zoning. Referred to within the LDP as ‘Land southeast of Sandholes Road, Ballyreagh’, the I 3 zoning includes for a number of KSRs. Whilst originally published in June 2004, with the immediate context having since changed, the relevant KSRs can be summarised as: - • Access to the site should be limited to two entrances; • A footway/cycleway should be provided along Sandholes Road; • Where appropriate, trees and hedgerows should be retained and augmented; • Landscaping and buffer planting of indigenous trees and shrubs should be provided along Sandholes Road and the northern site boundary adjoining Ballyreagh House;

• A cycleway should be provided to link with an existing scheme on Sandholes Road; and • A pedestrian/cycle link with the Ballyreagh Industrial Estate should be provided.

CAP 2010 Extract (site indicatively outlined)