The Planning(Northern Ireland) Order 1991

Appeal against enforcement notice-supplementary provisions relating to planning permission

71.—(1) On the determination of an appeal under Article 69, the planning appeals commission may—

(a) grant planning permission for the development to which the enforcement notice relates or for part of that development or for the development of part of the land to which the enforcement notice relates;

(b) discharge any condition or limitation subject to which planning permission was granted.

(2) In considering whether to grant planning permission under paragraph (1), the planning appeals commission shall have regard to the development plan, so far as material to the subject matter of the enforcement notice, and to any other material considerations; and any planning permission granted under paragraph (1) may—

(a) include permission to retain or complete any buildings or works on the land, or to do so without complying with some condition attached to a previous planning permission;

(b) be granted subject to such conditions as the planning appeals commission thinks fit;

and where under that paragraph the planning appeals commission discharges a condition or limitation, it may substitute another condition or limitation for it, whether more or less onerous.

(3) Where an appeal against an enforcement notice is brought under Article 69, the appellant shall be deemed to have made an application for planning permission for the development to which the notice relates and, in relation to any exercise by the planning appeals commission of its powers under paragraph (1)—

(a) any planning permission granted under that paragraph shall be treated as granted on that application;

(b) in relation to a grant of planning permission or a determination under that paragraph, the decision of the planning appeals commission shall be final; and

(c) subject to sub-paragraph (b), any planning permission granted under that paragraph shall have the like effect as a permission granted under Part IV.