TSA Planning Rivenwood Newtownards

Site History & Concept (i) Rivenwood Phase One (X/2014/0370/F) – Approved 15th February 2016 Phase one of 100 houses, with part of an Eastern Distributor Road and a separate access from the Movilla Road between Milford Manor and 118 Movilla Road Newtownards and a 2 hectare site set aside for future school, temporarily landscaped as open space (Amended proposal description and plans received) Phase One was also subject to two further Full Planning Applications (Change of House Type proposals) under Planning Refs: LA06/2017/0340/F and LA06/2017/0398/F which reduced the overall dwelling numbers to 94. (ii) Rivenwood Phase Two (LA06/2017/0533/F) – Approved 16th April 2019 185 (amended number) mixed townhouses, semi-detached and detached houses, with garages, housing roads and extension to Rivenwood Boulevard, with associated open spaces including an equipped play park, and including 12 apartments in a three-storey building (Receipt of amended Comprehensive Master Plan and additional information) The completed Phase 2 development comprises 180 no. dwellings. The Phase Two permission also included a Concept Masterplan (CMP) which detailed how the comprehensive development of the NS 20 zoning was to be undertaken as well as a Section 76 legal agreement to secure the following: - • The provision of the entirety of the distributor road within the NS 20 zoning; • The land required for future education purposes; • Provision of neighbourhood facilities; and • The proposed open space in accordance with the objectives of the Development Plan. (iii) Rivenwood Phase Three (LA06/2021/0061/F) – Approved 3rd November 2023 Proposed residential development comprising the erection of 188 No. dwellings, open space (including NS 43) landscaping, children’s play area, next phase of the distributor road, internal road network, SuDs ponds and all associated site and access works and proposed amendment of the section 76 planning agreement (additional information and amended Concept Masterplan and Phasing Plan) The permission for Phase 3 included a SuDS pond which lies within the Phase 4 boundary (southern site). The Phase 3 permission amended the approved Concept Masterplan (as shown on the next Board) and Section 76 legal agreement to ensure the continued delivery of the overall development. (iv) Lands at Donaghadee Road (LA06/2024/1095/F) – Consultations Open

Residential development of 62No. dwellings and 4No. apartments (on zoned lands NS20 as set out in Ards and Down Plan 2015) with access off new roundabout on Donaghadee Road, connecting housing NS20 with housing zoning NS21 to the north, provision of new section of distributor road through NS20. (amended plans and additional information). The above application forms part of the NS20 development, at the opposite end to the Rivenwood scheme, fronting Donaghadee Road.