Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village is considered to have a good range of social, community, educational and commercial facilities relative to its size. Development Plan Local Development Plans form the basis of land use planning and decisions on planning applications within the Borough. They set out what the Council area will look like and how land should be used and developed. At the time of producing Village Plans (2017), Council’s Development Plan Team were in the initial stages of producing the Borough’s Local Development Plan 2030. A series of topic-based Discussion Papers had been drawn up to inform the process. Of relevance to the Village Plan for Ballyvoy was the following:- Environment The following areas are identified as Local Landscape Policy Areas: - Carey River and St Patrick’s. Community Facilities In of community facilities, the village is host to a Post Office and Primary School (61 90 – unfilled places). THE PICTURE Location, Context and History Ballyvoy is located on the Causeway Coastal route between Ballycastle (3 miles) and Cushendall (11 miles). The village is defined to the north by St Patrick’s Local Landscape Policy area which contains two churches and standing stones and by the Carey River with steep banks and trees to the southern end. There are a number of active community and sporting organisations in the area. Ballyvoy and Carey Community Development Group was formed in 2016 and brings a strong community development ethos to its work while sporting clubs such as Carey Faughs GFC play an important role in local community and village life.
Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village is considered to have a good range of social, community, educational and commercial facilities relative to its size. Development Plan Local Development Plans form the basis of land use planning and decisions on planning applications within the Borough. They set out what the Council area will look like and how land should be used and developed. At the time of producing Village Plans (2017), Council’s Development Plan Team were in the initial stages of producing the Borough’s Local Development Plan 2030. A series of topic-based Discussion Papers had been drawn up to inform the process. Of relevance to the Village Plan for Ballyvoy was the following:- Environment The following areas are identified as Local Landscape Policy Areas: - Carey River and St Patrick’s. Community Facilities In of community facilities, the village is host to a Post Office and Primary School (61 – 90 unfilled places). THE PICTURE Location, Context and History Ballyvoy is located on the Causeway Coastal route between Ballycastle (3 miles) and Cushendall (11 miles). The village is defined to the north by St Patrick’s Local Landscape Policy area which contains two churches and standing stones and by the Carey River with steep banks and trees to the southern end. There are a number of active community and sporting organisations in the area. Ballyvoy and Carey Community Development Group was formed in 2016 and brings a strong community development ethos to its work while sporting clubs such as Carey Faughs GFC play an important role in local community and village life.
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