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Strategic planning policy statement for Northern Ireland (SPPS) - planning for sustainable development
Publication Year
2015
Document Status
Current
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.
Document History
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.
Publisher Information
Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland
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.
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