These Rules make provision with respect to a public local inquiry to be held for the purpose of the section 231(1) of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 regarding exercise of any of the functions of the Department of the Environment under that Act.

These Regulations amend the planning provisions in the Conservation (Natural Habitats, etc.) Regulations (NI) 1995 to ensure they will operate fully and effectively when district councils assume their new “competent authority” planning role under the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.

Amends: Conservation (Nature Habitats, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 (S.R. No. 380 of 1995). (1995-10-05)

This Order, made bu the Department of the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred by section 32 of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011, grants planning permission in respect of certain development which is necessary for the purposes of housing poultry and other captive birds to protect them from avian influenza. The Order applies to land within a controlled zone, H5N1 controlled zone, wild bird control area or wild bird monitoring area declared by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and to any identified premises.

These Regulations prescribe the bodies the Department must consult for the purposes of section 104(5)(b) of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 before making a conservation area designation. These bodies are, for the purposes of these Regulations, the Department of the Environment, the Department for Regional Development and any water or sewerage undertaker. They also prescribe bodies that must be consulted before varying or cancelling a conservation area designation (the council concerned, the Department for Regional Development and any water or sewerage undertaker).

Regulation 2 amends regulation 5(2) of the Planning General Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 on referral for determination by the Department of the Environment of an application for planning permission for development to which regulation 3 applies.

Amends: Planning General Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.I. No. 39 of 2015). (2015-02-09)

The purpose of the present Act is to provide for: a) the adoption of regional development plans for the general development thereof; b) the coordination of community planning within the context of a regional plan, if any; c) with respect to unincorporated parts of the Province, the vesting in the Lieutenant-Governor in Council and in the Minister of planning authority and the vesting in the Minister of administrative authority in connection with such unincorporated parts.

These Rules amend the Planning Appeals Commission (Decision on Appeals and Making Reports) (No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2006 in rule 2 and 3 on decisions of the appeals commission and reports made by the appeals commission respectively.

Implements: Planning Appeals Commission (Decisions on Appeals and Making of Reports) (No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. No. 233 of 2015). (2006-05-24)

Section 2 of the above-mentioned Act establishes a body corporate called the “Maritime Forestry Complex Corporation” consisting of those persons who make up the board of directors.

These Rules concern decisions on appeal of the Planning Appeals Commission and provide that reports of the Planning Appeals Commission shall be made by a single commissioner or a panel of commissioners appointed by the chief commissioner.

Implemented by: Planning Appeals Commission (Decisions on Appeals and Making of Reports) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. No. 137 of 2015). (2015-03-06)

These Regulations make provision with respect to an appeal procedure under section 78 of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011. Section 77 of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 enables a person against whom a planning agreement is enforceable to apply to the relevant authority (the Department or appropriate district council) to have the agreement modified or discharged. Section 78 of that Act provides for an appeal to the planning appeals commission if such an application is refused or not determined.

These Regulations are concerned with the procedure for making and altering by a district council of simplified planning zone schemes. Such a scheme provides planning permission within the area covered by the scheme for development in accordance with the scheme without the need for specific application. They make provision in respect of, among other things, consultation and notification before depositing proposals, the requirement for a title to the scheme, and making objections and representations, They also specify the content or form of certain notices to be given by the council.

La presente Ley se propone, mediante los instrumentos de ordenación territorial, regular las dimensiones físicas de los asentamientos; ordenar la distribución espacial de las instalaciones productivas; fijar los núcleos de población que, por sus características y posibilidades, deban ser impulsores del desarrollo socioeconómico de una zona; y definir las áreas territoriales que, por su idoneidad actual o potencial para la explotación agrícola, forestal o ganadera, o por la riqueza paisajística o ecológica, deban ser objeto de especial protección.