2021 No. 270
Planning

The Planning (Development Management) (Temporary Modifications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Made
Coming into operation
The Department for Infrastructure makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 27(5) and 247(1) and (6) of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 20111 and now vested in it2.

Citation and commencement1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Planning (Development Management) (Temporary Modifications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 and shall come into operation on 1st October 2021.

Amendment to the Planning (Development Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20152.

(1)

In the Planning (Development Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20153, in paragraph (3) of regulation 5A (temporary relaxation of pre-application community consultation requirements during Coronavirus emergency period)4 for “30th September 2021” substitute “31st March 2022”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Infrastructure on 24th September 2021.

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 (S.R. 2015 No. 71).

Regulation 2 amends the Planning (Development Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 to amend the “emergency period” end date to 31st March 2022.

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