Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

Statement of community involvement

4.—(1) A council must prepare a statement of community involvement.

(2) The statement of community involvement is a statement of the council’s policy as to the involvement in the exercise of the council’s functions under this Part and Part 3 of persons who appear to the council to have an interest in matters relating to development in its district.

(3) The council and the Department must attempt to agree the terms of the statement of community involvement.

(4) But to the extent that the council and the Department cannot agree the terms of the statement of community involvement the Department may direct that the statement must be in the terms specified in the direction.

(5) The council must comply with the direction.

(6) The Department may prescribe—

(a) the procedure in respect of the preparation of the statement of community involvement;

(b) the form and content of the statement;

(c) publicity about the statement;

(d) making the statement available for inspection by the public;

(e) the manner in which—

(i) representations may be made in relation to any matter to be included in the statement; and

(ii) those representations are to be considered;

(f) circumstances in which the requirements of the statement need not be complied with.