41 houses at Lands directly South of 87B Newbuildings Industrial Estate, Victoria Road, L'Derry

“Description of Proposed Development Development of 41 No. houses with associated car parking and landscaping; and provision of footpath link across frontage of No's 11 and 12 Millview and road widening and improvement to Moorlough Road.”

“To the north is an existing development, Mill View. There are local facilities within the immediate area, including a Spar Shop with a post office, Artigarvan Primary School, Community Hall, Church, Agricultural sales Business which provides fuel pumps for local use.”

“Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Technology Criteria (iv) and (v) of Policy GDPOL 1 consider renewable and low carbon energy technology and measures for carbon offsetting. The applicant was advised by officers of the adoption of the LDP and relevant policies which required to be addressed, including GDPOL 1, and whilst an opportunity has been afforded to the applicant to address these, no submission in this respect has been received.”

“The proposal is contrary to HOU 8 (k), Quality in New Residential Developments and GDPOL 1 Criteria (iii), in that it has not incorporated Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) nor demonstrated that the incorporation of same would not be feasible. The proposal is contrary to HOU 5, Affordable and Private Balanced-Tenure Housing in Settlements, in that a minimum of 20% of units have not been provided as affordable housing. 9.”

“Consultee Responses DFI Roads – Recommend Refusal of the application. See detailed assessment in Part 13.6; Access Movement and Parking. DFI Rivers – No objection subject to conditions. See detailed assessment in Part 13.8; Development and Flooding. Environmental Health Service (EHS) - No objection in respect of noise subject to conditions requiring acoustic mitigation. EHD recommends an informative advising future occupants that they may experience intermittent odour.”

“NI Water – Recommend approval with site specific and standard advice NIHE – Have advised that the proposed development is located within the Artigarvan Housing Need area, which has an unmet need of 8 social housing units for the 2025-2030 period. In March 2026, there were 20 households deemed to be in housing stress.”

“The outcome of the vote was unanimous support of the Proposal. The Committee Resolved to support the Officer recommendation to approve application LA11/2023/1814/F, subject to conditions as outlined within the report.”