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Legal status | Active |
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Headquarters | Millennium House 17-25 Great Victoria Street Belfast BT2 7BN [2] |
Region served | Northern Ireland |
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Website | planningni.gov.uk |
The Planning Service is an Executive within the Department of the Environment (Northern Ireland), which regulates the development and the use of land in the public interest. [4]
The Town and Country Planning Service was established in 1973 when the responsibilities of the local planning authorities briefly passed to the Ministry of Development and then to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Planning before being assimilated into the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. The Department's statutory planning functions are currently contained in the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 and associated subordinate legislation.
The Town and Country Planning Service became an Executive Agency (known as "the Planning Service") of the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland on 1 April 1996. [5]
Following devolution of authority to the Northern Ireland Executive in 1998, the "Department of The Environment for Northern Ireland" was renamed "The Department of The Environment". Some of the functions previously undertaken by the "old" Department were transferred to other Northern Ireland Departments. Planning Service remains an Executive within the Department of The Environment.
Planning Service - Section of the Department of the Environment responsible for planning.
The Planning (General Development) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 (the GDO) performs two main functions. Firstly, it provides for procedures and other matters relating to the processing of applications for planning permission and for Certificates of Lawful Use or Development. Secondly, it grants permission for classes of development, described as permitted development in Schedule 1 to the GDO, without the need to apply for planning permission under the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order ("the 1991 Order").