Document Status
Current
Supplement
Core Supplement
Series
Planning Policy Statement
Abstract
Sets out the Department’s planning policies for the development of waste management facilities. It seeks to promote the highest environmental standards in development proposals for waste management facilities and includes guidance on the issues likely to be considered in the determination of planning applications. In addition, it explains the relationship between the planning system and authorities responsible for the regulation and management of waste.
History
Will be cancelled by Strategic planning policy statement for Northern Ireland (SPPS) - planning for sustainable development (DOENI, 2015) when all eleven councils have adopted a new Plan Strategy for the whole of their council area. Policy Update: 25 November 2013 - Following publication of the Revised Waste Management Strategy ‘Delivering Resource Efficiency’ the Department will no longer treat the BPEO as a material consideration in the planning process. Issued by The Planning Service, an agency within the DOENI.
Subjects
- Planning and development
- Waste management
- Other planning disciplines
- Waste planning
Publisher History
The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (DOENI) is now known as the Department for Communities (DfC). The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland's role was to promote sustainable development principles, responsible land use, air and water quality, and waste management, the reduction of road traffic casualties and ensure effective local government.