Northern Ireland Statutory Rule SI 2015 Northern Ireland

The Planning (General Development Procedure) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015

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Status
Amended (in force with amendments)
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person3 Applicant1

Plus 13 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Applicant — also bound by 307 other Acts

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.003 Applications for planning permission Regulated
  • Submit a complete application for planning permissionApplicant
s.005 Application for approval of reserved matters Regulated
  • Submit detailed information when applying for reserved matters approvalAny Person
s.009 Certificates and notices under section 42 of the 2011 Act Regulated
  • Use correct forms for owner and neighbor notificationsAny Person
s.010 Notice of reference of applications to the Department Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Council must notify you if your planning application is 'called in'Local authority
s.012 Applications made under planning condition Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Councils must decide on planning condition approvals within 8 weeksLocal authority
s.014 Consultation before the grant of planning permission pursuant to section 54 of the 2011 Act Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Council or Department must consult experts before granting specific permissionsLocal authority
s.015 Duty to respond to consultation Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Statutory consultees must respond to planning consultationsStatutory regulator
s.016 Duty to respond to consultation: annual reports Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Statutory consultees must submit annual reports on planning response timesStatutory regulator
s.020 Time periods for decisions Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Councils must decide planning applications within statutory time periodsLocal authority
s.021 Permission to develop land without compliance with conditions previously attached Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • NI Department must notify applicants and councils of proposed planning decisionsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.022 Written notice of decision or determination relating to a planning application Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Councils must provide written reasons for planning decisionsLocal authority
s.024 Register of applications Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Councils must maintain a public register of planning applicationsLocal authority
s.025 Register of simplified planning zones and enterprise zones Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Councils must maintain a public register of planning and enterprise zonesLocal authority
s.026 Register of enforcement notices, etc. Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Councils must maintain a public register of enforcement noticesLocal authority
s.027 Register of orders, directions and notices Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Local authorities must maintain a public register of planning orders and noticesLocal authority
s.030 Claims for compensation and purchase notices Regulated
  • Submit compensation claims or purchase notices in writing within 6 monthsAny Person
s.notice confirming non-compliance with direction Notice confirming non-compliance with direction Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Councils must issue a notice if a planning application is incompleteLocal authority
18 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Application, citation and commencement
s.002 Interpretation
s.004 Outline applications
s.006 Design and access statements
s.007 Application for non-material changes to planning permission
s.008 Notice etc. of applications for planning permission and appeals
s.011 Certificate of lawfulness of existing use or development and certificate of lawfulness of proposed use or development
s.013 Consultations as to applications for planning permission
s.017 Directions restricting the grant of planning permission
s.018 Directions requiring information
s.019 Directions requiring consideration of condition
s.023 Schemes of delegation
s.028 Registers held using electronic storage
s.029 Use of electronic communications
s.031 Directions
s.032 Revocations
s.appeal against a notice of non-compliance with dir Appeal against a notice of non-compliance with direction
s.validation particulars specified by direction Validation particulars specified by direction
Schedules

Schedules

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4 other schedules
s.sch001 Certificates and Notices under section 42 (opens in a new tab)
s.sch002 PLANNING ACT (NOTHERN IRELAND) 2011: SECTIONS 169 AND 170 (opens in a new tab)
s.sch003 Schedule 3 (opens in a new tab)
s.sch004 Orders Revoked (opens in a new tab)

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