Document Status
Partially replaced or revised by new document
Supplement
Core Supplement
Series
Planning Policy Statement
Abstract
Sets out planning policies for development in the countryside. The countryside is defined as land lying outside of settlement limits as identified in development plans.
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 Policy CTY 1 as it relates to the tourism policies of the Planning Strategy for Rural Northern Ireland is superseded by PPS 16: Tourism (DOENI, 2013). Related to the following: Statement to the Assembly - publication of PPS 21: Tuesday, 1 June 2010; Table of main policy differences between finalised PPS21 (published on 1 June 2010) and draft PPS21; PPS 21. Advice on the implementation of policy CTY 10 - dwellings on farms: active farmers (all DENIPS, 2010); and Guidance on renewing planning permission and starting development (DENIPS, 2009). Supersedes Draft planning policy statement 21 - sustainable development in the countryside (DOENI, 2008).
Subjects
- Rural planning
- Environmental planning/land
- Strategic planning
- Planning and development
- Sustainable development
- Planning control
- Planning control, Northern Ireland
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.