Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

Applications for listed building consent

86.—(1) Any application to a council for listed building consent—

(a) must be made in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed; and

(b) must include such particulars, and be verified by such evidence, as may be required by the regulations or by any direction given by the council under the regulations.

(2) Regulations must require an application for listed building consent of such description as is prescribed to be accompanied by such of the following as is prescribed—

(a) a statement about the design principles and concepts that have been applied to the works in relation to which the application is made;

(b) a statement about how issues relating to access to the building have been dealt with.

(3) The form and content of a statement mentioned in subsection (2) is such as is prescribed.

(4) Provision may be made by regulations with respect to—

(a) requirements as to publicity in relation to applications for listed building consent;

(b) the time within which such applications are to be dealt with by councils or the Department;

(c) requirements as to consultation in relation to such applications;

(d) prohibiting the determination of such applications during such period as is prescribed;

(e) requirements on the council or, as the case may be, the Department to take account of responses from persons consulted and to notify the persons responding of the decision of the council or the Department on the application.

(5) Subsections (1) and (4)(b) shall apply to applications to a council or the Department for any approval of the council or, as the case may be, the Department required by a condition imposed on a grant of listed building consent as they apply to applications for listed building consent.