Document Status
Current
Supplement
Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Series
Development Management Practice Note
Abstract
Provides advice on legislation, procedures and good practice in development management in Northern Ireland. Discusses the meaning of development and the requirement for planning permission, highlighting: the legislative context; meaning of 'development'; exclusions from the meaning of development; demolition - description of buildings direction; material change of use; use for the display of advertisements; requirement for planning permission to carry out development; development orders; Planning (development management) regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015; Planning (use classes) order (Northern Ireland) 2015; and extent of planning jurisdiction.
History
Version 1, May 2016.
Subjects
- Planning control
- Planning and development
- Planning control, Northern Ireland
Publisher History
The Department for Infrastructure (DFI) is one of nine Northern Ireland departments, responsible for: regional strategic planning and development policy; transport strategy and sustainable transport policy; public transport policy and performance; road safety and vehicle regulation policy; provision and maintenance of all public roads; river and sea defence maintenance and the construction of flood alleviation schemes; provision of flood maps and risk information; policy on water and sewerage services among others. Formerly Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Department for Regional Development, Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland and Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland, Planning Service.