Document Status
Current
Supplement
Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Series
Development Planning Practice Note
Abstract
Advises on the requirements for the preparation and adoption of a local development plan (LDP) in Northern Ireland. Discusses the preferred options paper (POP), highlighting: the legislative context; purpose of the POP; key stages in the preparation of the POP; undertaking preparatory studies; finalising the evidence base; options for the POP; content of the POP; and publication of the POP.
History
Version 1, April 2015.
Subjects
- Strategic planning
- Planning control
- Planning control, Northern Ireland
- Development plans
- Planning and development
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.