Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2020 No. 208

Planning

The Planning (Development Management) (Temporary Modifications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020

Made

30th September 2020

Coming into operation

1st October 2020

The Department for Infrastructure(1) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 27(5) and 247(1) and (6) of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011(2) and now vested in it(3).

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Planning (Development Management) (Temporary Modifications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2020.

Amendment to the Planning (Development Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

2.—(1) The Planning (Development Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015(4) are amended as follows:

(2) In regulation 5A (temporary relaxation of pre-application community consultation requirements during Coronavirus emergency period)(5)—

(a)in paragraph (3) for the “30th September 2020” substitute “31st March 2021”;

(b)omit paragraph (4).

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Infrastructure on 30th September 2020.

Angus Kerr

A senior officer of the

Department for Infrastructure

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the temporary modifications to the Planning (Development Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015.

Regulation 2 amends the Planning (Development Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 to amend the “emergency period” end date to 31st March 2021.

The Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside the Regulations on the government’s website www.legislation.gov.uk

(1)

Formerly the Department for Regional Development: see the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

(2)

2011 c. 25 (N.I.)

(3)

S.R. 2016 No. 76

(4)

S.R. 2015 No. 71

(5)

Regulation 5A was inserted by S.R. 2020 No. 72