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Displaying 351 - 355 of 782Planning General (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. No. 176 of 2015).
Regulation 2 amends regulation 5(2) of the Planning General Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 on referral for determination by the Department of the Environment of an application for planning permission for development to which regulation 3 applies.
Amends: Planning General Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.I. No. 39 of 2015). (2015-02-09)
Planning (Conservation Areas) (Consultation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. No. 177 of 2015).
These Regulations prescribe the bodies the Department must consult for the purposes of section 104(5)(b) of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 before making a conservation area designation. These bodies are, for the purposes of these Regulations, the Department of the Environment, the Department for Regional Development and any water or sewerage undertaker. They also prescribe bodies that must be consulted before varying or cancelling a conservation area designation (the council concerned, the Department for Regional Development and any water or sewerage undertaker).
Planning Appeals Commission (Decisions on Appeals and Making of Reports) (No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. No. 233 of 2015).
These Rules concern decisions on appeal of the Planning Appeals Commission and provide that reports of the Planning Appeals Commission shall be made by a single commissioner or a panel of commissioners appointed by the chief commissioner.
Implemented by: Planning Appeals Commission (Decisions on Appeals and Making of Reports) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. No. 137 of 2015). (2015-03-06)
Planning (Simplified Planning Zones) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. No. 188 of 2015).
These Regulations are concerned with the procedure for making and altering by a district council of simplified planning zone schemes. Such a scheme provides planning permission within the area covered by the scheme for development in accordance with the scheme without the need for specific application. They make provision in respect of, among other things, consultation and notification before depositing proposals, the requirement for a title to the scheme, and making objections and representations, They also specify the content or form of certain notices to be given by the council.
Planning Appeals Commission (Decisions on Appeals and Making of Reports) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. No. 137 of 2015).
These Rules amend the Planning Appeals Commission (Decision on Appeals and Making Reports) (No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2006 in rule 2 and 3 on decisions of the appeals commission and reports made by the appeals commission respectively.
Implements: Planning Appeals Commission (Decisions on Appeals and Making of Reports) (No. 2) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. No. 233 of 2015). (2006-05-24)