Document Status
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Supplement
Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Abstract
Sets out the Department’s regional planning policies for securing the orderly and consistent development of land in Northern Ireland under a reformed two tier planning system. The provisions of the SPPS must be taken into account in the preparation of Local Development Plans, and are also material to all decisions on individual planning applications and appeals.
History
Superseded by: Strategic planning policy statement (SPPS). Planning for sustainable development. Edition 2 - 2025 (DFI, 2025). Cancels PPS 1: General principles (DOENI, 1998), PPS 5: Retailing and town centres (DOENI, 1996) and PPS 9: Enforcement of planning control (DOENI, 2000). Will cancel the other Planning Policy Statements (various dates) and the remaining provisions of the Planning Strategy for Rural Northern Ireland (DOENI, 1993) when all eleven councils have adopted a new Plan Strategy for the whole of their council area. See paragraphs 1.10-1.16 for details on transitional arrangements.
Subjects
- Strategic planning
- Planning control
- Planning control, Northern Ireland
- 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.