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Overview of planning enforcement responsibilities
Publication Year
2016
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Provides an overview of planning enforcement responsibilities in Northern Ireland, which now come under the remit of councils. Looks at: legislative context; policy context - a Strategic Planning Policy Statement (SPPS); unauthorised development and European Union legislation; planning enforcement strategy by an individual council; making a complaint about an alleged breach of planning control; planning permission granted by the Department for Infrastructure; the Department's reserve powers to take enforcement action; and review.
Document History
Dated October 2016. Related to a series of Enforcement Practice Notes, covering aspects of planning enforcement in Northern Ireland.
Publisher Information
Department for Infrastructure
The Department for Infrastructure (DFI) is one of nine Northern Ireland departments, responsible for: regional strategic planning and development policy; transport strategy and sustainable transport policy; public transport policy and performance; road safety and vehicle regulation policy; provision and maintenance of all public roads; river and sea defence maintenance and the construction of flood alleviation schemes; provision of flood maps and risk information; policy on water and sewerage services among others. Formerly Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Department for Regional Development, Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland and Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland, Planning Service.
Departmental Co-ordination Unit
Clarence Court
10-18 Adelaide Street
Belfast
DFI
UK
Website: http://www.infrastructure-ni.gov.uk/
Email: dcu@infrastructure-ni.gov.uk
Tel: 028 9054 0540
