Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council A NEWSLETTER FOR CITIZENS EDITION 1 | SPRING 2017 Welcome Mayor Alderman Maura Hickey I would like to take this opportunity transition as a new local authority. providing a unique visitor experience to welcome you to the first edition of through a landscape unrivalled in our residents’ magazine. It’s our vision that our work will terms of its scenery and attractions. improve the quality of life and well- Our new Council has been in place being of all our citizens and visitors. It was a great honour and privilege since April 2015, bringing the legacy for me to take up the position of regions of Coleraine, Ballymoney, In our Mission Statement we Mayor. It has allowed me to witness Limavady and Moyle together have outlined a commitment to at first hand the work that goes on as Causeway Coast and Glens providing effective and sustainable across the Borough to better the Borough Council. local public services. We want lives and experiences of those who to accelerate our economy, live, work and visit here. We are continuing to evolve and improve prosperity and place local develop, and we want to keep you, communities at the heart of our I hope and believe that by continuing the ratepayer, informed about this decision making. to work together we can fulfil our process. mission and reach our full potential. We also want to protect and It’s hoped this publication will enhance our unique natural become a regular way for Council to environment. Our region brings deliver information to the public and together three separate Areas of communicate its key messages. Outstanding Natural Beauty, and an island population on Rathlin. Alderman Maura Hickey It’s important that members of Mayor of Causeway Coast the public are kept informed and Our coastline stretches from & Glens Borough Council engaged, as we continue our Lough Foyle to the Glens of Antrim How to contact us How to keep informed and up to date with Council news Ballycastle Office Ballymoney Office Planning Office Sheskburn House, Riada House, County Hall, Check out our website 7 Mary Street, 14 Charles Street, Castlerock Road, www.causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk Ballycastle, BT54 6QH Ballymoney, BT53 6DZ Coleraine, 028 2076 2225 028 2766 0200 BT51 3HS Like on us Facebook to keep up 0300 200 7830 to date with news and events Coleraine Office Limavady Office – you can find our page by searching Causeway Coast & Cloonavin, 7 Connell Street, Glens Borough Council 66 Portstewart Road, Limavady, Coleraine, BT52 IEY BT49 OHA Follow us on Twitter @ 028 7034 7034 028 7772 2226 CausewayCouncil 02 EDITION 1 | SPRING 2017 Causeway Coast & Glens Local Development Plan (LDP) 2030: Have your say! Where are we now? outline Council’s preferred option for We are commencing work on our We published two documents in addressing these issues. Local Development Plan (LDP) for November 2016: All comments received will be taken the Borough. into consideration in the preparation A Local Development Plan Timetable of the next Plan document; The Draft Plan Strategy. What is the purpose of – this document sets out indicative timeframes for the key stages in the a Local Development Plan process (see summary table Getting in touch. Plan? below): We are very keen to engage with Its purpose is to inform you, statutory you early in the process. To enable authorities, developers and other A Statement of Community this Council has developed a Local interested parties of the planning Involvement in Planning - this Development Plan “Register of policy framework and land use document sets out how Council Interest” for any group or individual proposals that will guide planning intends to engage with you, interested in being informed and decisions in this Borough up to 2030. stakeholders and Government updated about the Causeway Coast It will set out a clear vision for how Departments in exercising its and Glens Local Development Plan the Borough should look in the future planning functions, including: the 2030. by deciding what type and scale of preparation of its Local Development development should be encouraged Plan; deciding planning applications Those interested can register their and where it should be located. in the Borough; enforcement; and details in any of the following ways: other planning matters. It will take account of Council’s Online at: Community Plan and reflect any Both documents are available to www.causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk land use requirements identified view at: Planning Office, County By e-mail to: within it. The two Plans will work in Hall, Castlerock Road, Coleraine, [email protected] tandem towards the same vision for BT51 3HS, or online at: https://www. By post to: the Borough and set the long term causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk/live/ Local Development Plan Team, social, economic and environmental planning/development-plan County Hall, objectives for the area. Castlerock Road, Where are we going? Coleraine, What have we done to We are looking forward to the BT51 3HS preparation of our next document; By telephone on: 0300 200 7830 date? our Preferred Options Paper (POP). The first stage of the Plan process is The indicative timeframe for its Regular updates on the progress of the gathering of Borough-wide data publication is Autumn/Winter 2017. the new Local Development Plan will to create a robust evidence base for This public consultation document also be posted on our website at: use in the new Plan process. This will set out the key planning issues https://www.causewaycoastandglens. stage is nearing completion. we have identified through our gov.uk/live/planning/development-plan detailed evidence gathering and PLAN STAGE INDICATIVE DATE 1 Robust evidence gathering Spring-Winter 2016 2 Publish Plan Timetable & Statement of Community Involvement Winter 2016 3 Publish Preferred Options Paper (12 week consultation period) Autumn/Winter 2017 4 Publish Draft Plan Strategy (8 week consultation period) Autumn 2018 5 Independent Examination of Draft Plan Strategy Spring 2019 6 Adopt Plan Strategy Autumn 2020 7 Publish Draft Local Policies Plan (8 week consultation period) Autumn 2021 8 Independent Examination of Draft Local Policies Plan Spring 2022 9 Adopt Local Policies Plan Winter 2022 10 Monitoring & Review of Plan Ongoing EDITION 1 | SPRING 2017 03 What is community planning? Members of the Causeway Coast and Glens Community Planning Strategic Partnership. Community planning is one of the new Causeway Coast and Glens Borough this process and many of you have responsibilities of local government Council are as follows:- taken the time to take part in our ‘Have requiring Council to work in partnership Tourism NI, Police Service for NI, Your Say’ programme through a wide with other public sector agencies to Education Authority for NI, Northern range of community engagement develop a long term vision and plan Health and Social Care Trust, Western and evidence-gathering opportunities for the Causeway Coast and Glens Health and Social Care Trust, Health throughout 2016 – so Thank You. Borough area and all its citizens. and Social Care Board, Public Health Agency, the Council for Catholic Council has developed a Community The process aims to achieve an overall, Maintained Schools (CCMS), NI Fire Planning Register of Interest for integrated view of the social, economic and Rescue Service, Invest NI, Sport any group or individual interested in and environmental wellbeing and needs NI and Libraries NI. The Partnership is being informed and updated about the of our area and provides opportunities chaired by Councillor George Duddy. Causeway Coast and Glens Community for everyone who lives, works and visits Plan. Those interested can contact a our area to get involved and agree on member of the Community Planning shared outcomes for the benefit of all. Shaping the future for Team who will be happy to assist you, the Causeway Coast by email at community.planning@ Earlier this year the Community Partners causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk or by Order 2016 was debated and agreed in and Glens telephone on 028 2766 0202. the NI Assembly. The statutory partners This is an exciting time for all of us, with of Council designated by this legislation Further details on Community Planning the opportunity for mapping together and forming the initial participants in the including findings from our community a range of services from all sectors Causeway Coast and Glens Community engagement to date can be found at within the community to enhance better Planning Strategic Partnership https://www.causewaycoastandglens. outcomes for all our citizens. You alongside ten Elected Members of gov.uk/council/community-planning too have the opportunity to feed into Portrush regeneration Do you know about Council’s plans continue grant funding programmes? Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council’s grant funding Regeneration plans for Portrush are continuing to programmes are open to all not-for-profit, constituted groups progress. in the borough. The resort could benefit from potential funding of They aim to help deliver a wide range of activities and £17million between now and the staging of The Open projects. Rolling programmes are currently open for in 2019. applications. These include the Individual Artist’s Bursary A Consultation Forum has been established to give all Scheme for artists who reside or are professionally based interested parties a say in the future of the town. in the area, the Building a United Community Fund which At the most recent public meeting in January, Portrush supports Good Relations and the Capital Grants Programme Town Hall was packed to capacity as illustrations of the which is aimed at sports and community organisations who proposed design scheme went on display for the first want to develop or enhance their facilities. time. During 2016/17, eleven different funding programmes were Over the next three years, the regeneration programme available for groups to choose from.