Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

Planning register

242.—(1) A council must keep, in such manner as may be specified by a development order, one or more registers containing such information as may be so specified with respect to—

(a) applications made, or deemed to be made, under this Act to the council, to the Department or to the planning appeals commission for any permission, consent, approval or determination;

(b) the manner in which such applications have been dealt with;

(c) notices under section 27(2) (proposal of application notices);

(d) pre-application community consultation reports under section 28;

(e) the revocation or modification of any permission or consent granted under this Act;

(f) enforcement notices or listed building enforcement notices;

(g) stop notices;

(h) orders under section 73;

(i) simplified planning zones and enterprise zones;

(j) directions given by the Department under—

(i) section 105(4);

(ii) section 118; and

(iii) any provision included in a development order by virtue of section 32;

(k) hazardous substances contravention notices;

(l) tree preservation orders;

(m) notices under section 127;

(n) breach of condition notices;

(o) certificates under section 169 or 170;

(p) building preservation notices;

(q) temporary stop notices issued under section 135; and

(r) applications for a determination under paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 or paragraph 7 of Schedule 3.

(2) A development order may make provision for requiring the Department to supply to a council such information as may be so specified in the order with regard to the matters mentioned in subsection (1)(a) to (j).

(3) Every register kept under subsection (1) must be available for inspection by the public at all reasonable hours.

(4) The council may provide a copy of, or of an extract from, any register kept under this section to any person on payment of such reasonable charge as the council may specify.