Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 — Northern Ireland law | Esheria

Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

This provision sets out planning duties, powers, and procedures for the Department and councils, including plan-making, community involvement statements, review duties, and pre-application consultation for major development.

Jurisdiction
Northern Ireland
Instrument
Act or statute
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
en
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About this statute

This provision sets out planning duties, powers, and procedures for the Department and councils, including plan-making, community involvement statements, review duties, and pre-application consultation for major development. Planning applications can be refused or delayed unless notice, certificates, and other section requirements are met, and some false certificate conduct is an offence. The Department and councils have notice, consultation, confirmation, and hearing duties around planning orders and listed-building matters; planning agreements can be made and enforced; and unauthorised listed-building works are offences. This provision gives councils and the Department powers and duties about conservation areas, listed buildings, tree preservation, and hazardous substances, including consultation, notice, consent, and enforcement rules. This provision lets the council and, in some cases, the Department use planning enforcement notices, stop notices and listed building enforcement notices, and it sets notice content, service, appeal, defence and penalty rules.

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