Newry City Park Pre-Application Public Consultation

Have Your Say On Newry City Park

Newry City Park Online Public Consultation Exhibit

The information on this page includes:

Notification of the Pre-Application Public Consultation Event
Consultation Boards
Public Information Sheet
Information on Providing Feedback
Privacy Notice

Notification of the Pre-Application Public Consultation Event

NOTIFICATION OF PRE-APPLICATION PUBLIC CONSULTATION EVENT AT:

Newry Leisure Centre, 60 Cecil Street, Newry, BT5 6AU on Thursday 29 August 2024 between 3pm - 9pm

In Relation To: ‘Provision of a City Park (Public Open Space) With Associated Infrastructure’.

On Lands: ‘South Of William Street, Located Between Newry River and the Newry Canal at Albert Basin, Newry’

Tetra Tech Consulting (NI) Ltd, on behalf of Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, is currently in the process of developing plans for the Provision of a City Park (Public Open Space) with associated infrastructure on lands South of William Street, located between Newry River and the Newry Canal at Albert Basin, Newry. In short, the overall principle is to deliver a public City Park, which is public open space. The exact make up of this is yet to be determined, but at this stage, it is anticipated it will comprise of the following elements:

• Waterside Walkways for pedestrian and cycle access throughout the site;

• Biodiversity Trail;

• Urban Sports Facility;

• Combined Toilet and Refreshment Building;

• Play Park Facility (to cater for multiple age groups and levels of ability);

• Central Plaza area;

• Boat launching slipway;

• Floating pontoon and access ramp;

• Watersports building;

• Watersports storage area;

• Natural amphitheatre;

• Maintenance building;

• Arboretum walk (comprising Native Tree and Shrub Species);

• Natural Play areas;

• Pump Track facility;

• Southern Plaza area; and

• Associated car parking, overspill/temporary car parking and drop off areas.

As part of this process, we wish to formally invite members of the public and any interested parties to attend a public consultation event to be held at Newry Leisure Centre, 60 Cecil Street, Newry, BT35 6AU on Thursday 29 August 2024 between 3pm and 9pm, at which members of the design team will be available to talk through details of the proposed development and respond to questions attendees may have.

Those persons attending this ‘Public Consultation Event’ will be able to provide comments on the proposal via ‘Comment Response Forms’ utilising a ‘Comment Box Facility’.

A ‘Physical Information Display’ of the proposed development, will also be provided at:

• Newry Leisure Centre, 60 Cecil Street, Newry, BT35 6AU

• Kilkeel Leisure Centre, Mourne Esplanade, Kilkeel, Newry, BT34 4DB

• Newcastle Centre, 10 - 14 Central Promenade, Newcastle, BT33 0AA; and

• Newry Mourne and Down District Council, Downshire Civic Centre, Ardglass Rd, Downpatrick BT30 6RA

These will be during opening hours from the 30 August 2024 through to 5pm on Friday 27 September 2024. ‘Comment Response Forms’ and a ‘Comment Box Facility’ will be available alongside this ‘Physical Information Display’.

In addition, an ‘Online Public Consultation Exhibit’, on Council’s website, will showcase information on the proposed development and will run from 3pm on Thursday 29 August 2024 to 5pm on Friday 27 September 2024 at https://www.newrymournedown.org/consultations Those persons accessing the ‘Online Public Consultation Exhibit’ will be able to view and comment on the proposal using the website’s email facility up until 5pm on Friday 27 September 2024.

Details and further information can be obtained from, and comments can also be made direct to: Tetra Tech Consulting (NI) Ltd until close of business (5pm) on Friday 20 September 2024 via the following methods:

In Writing: Tetra Tech Consulting (NI) Ltd,1 Locksley Business Park, Montgomery Road, Belfast, BT6 9UP

By Email: michael.graham@tetratech.com or newrycitypark@nmandd.org newrycitypark@nmandd.org

By Telephone: 028 90 706069 (Tetra Tech Consulting (NI) Ltd)

We look forward to welcoming you to the Public Consultation Event.

Please note that any comments made to Tetra Tech Consulting (NI) Ltd in respect of the proposals are not representations to the local planning authority. If a planning application is subsequently submitted to Newry, Mourne and Down District Council, public advertisement and neighbour notification will be undertaken at that juncture and you will have the opportunity to make a formal representation to the planning application at that time.

Consultation Boards

Consultation Board 1 (Site Location)

Consultation Board 2 (Overall Proposals)

Consultation Board 3 (Northern Section)

Consultation Board 4 (Central Section)

Consultation Board 5 (Southern Section)

Consultation Board 6 (Artists Impressions)

Public Information Sheet

Information on Providing Feedback

You can comment on the proposal by email up until 5pm on Friday 27 September 2024.

Email: michael.graham@tetratech.com or newrycitypark@nmandd.org newrycitypark@nmandd.org

For more options on providing feedback see the Public Information Sheet.

Privacy Notice

Newry City Park Pre-Application Public Consultation Privacy Notice

29 August 2024

Key contact details

Name: Tetra Tech Consulting (NI) Ltd

Address: 1 Locksley Business Park, Montgomery Road, Belfast

Phone Number: 028 90 706069

E-mail: michael.graham@tetratech.com

The type of personal information we collect

We currently collect and process the following information:

Respondents name, address contact details and feedback responses

How we get your personal information and why we collect it

The personal information we process is obtained if the feedback form in relation to the Pre- Application Public Consultation event is completed.

We use the information that you have given us in order to prepare a report for submitting to NMDDC Planning Department.

Under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawful bases we rely on for processing this information are: we need it to perform a public task.

You are able to remove your consent at any time. You can do this by contacting Tetra Tech Consulting (NI) Ltd.

How we store your personal information

Your information is securely stored on Tetra Tech electronic software system.

We keep individuals name, address and contact details until the planning process is concluded. We will then dispose this information by deleting it from Tetra Tech’s electronic software system and secure shredding/destruction of all hard copies.

Your data protection rights

Under data protection law, you have rights including:

Your right of access - You have the right to ask us for copies of your personal information.

Your right to rectification - You have the right to ask us to rectify personal information you think is inaccurate. You also have the right to ask us to complete information you think is incomplete.

Your right to erasure - You have the right to ask us to erase your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to restriction of processing - You have the right to ask us to restrict the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to object to processing - You have the the right to object to the processing of your personal information in certain circumstances.

Your right to data portability - You have the right to ask that we transfer the personal information you gave us to another organisation, or to you, in certain circumstances.

You are not required to pay any charge for exercising your rights. If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you.

Please contact us if you wish to make a request (see ‘Key Contact’ details above).

How to complain

If you have any concerns about our use of your personal information, you can make a complaint to us (see contact details on first page).

You can also complain to the ICO if you are unhappy with how we have used your data.

The ICO’s contact details are as follows:

ICO website: www.ico.org.uk
ICO self-service portal: https://ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint/
Helpline: 0303 123 1114