Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

Correction of errors in decision documents

219.—(1) This section applies if—

(a) a council issues a decision document which contains a correctable error; or

(b) the Department issues a decision document (other than a document referred to in section 222(2)(d) or (e)) which contains a correctable error.

(2) The council may correct the error—

(a) if it is requested to do so in writing by any person;

(b) if it sends a statement in writing to the applicant which explains the error and states that it is considering making the correction.

(3) But the council must not correct the error unless not later than the end of the relevant period it—

(a) receives a request mentioned in subsection (2)(a); or

(b) sends a statement mentioned in subsection (2)(b).

(4) The relevant period is the period specified for the purposes of subsection (3) in a development order.

(5) In this section references to “the council” means—

(a) in relation to a decision document issued by a council, the council which issued the document;

(b) in relation to a decision document issued by the Department, the council within whose district the land to which the decision document relates is situated.