Representations about objections4A

1

Following receipt of objections to a development plan in accordance with Articles 5(5) or 6(4) the Department shall publish in the Belfast Gazette and by local advertisement a notice stating –

a

the area affected by the development plan or, as the case may be, by the alteration, repeal or replacement of the development plan;

b

the general nature of the plan or alteration, repeal or replacement;

c

that objections have been received to the development plan, alteration, instrument of repeal or replacement plan;

d

the places and times at which and the period during which copies of the objections may be inspected by the public;

e

that any representations about objections to the plan, or alteration, repeal or replacement and in a case where the Department is acting pursuant to Article 6 any representations about the alteration, repeal or replacement, should be made in writing;

f

the time within which representations about 1 or more of those objections must be made and the address to which they should be sent;

g

that any person making a representation about 1 or more of those objections may ask to be notified of the Department’s decision in writing at such address as he specifies.

2

Persons wishing to make representations to the Department in accordance with paragraph (1) shall do so in writing within a period of 8 weeks beginning with the date on which copies of the objections are first made available for inspection at any place by the public.