Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2021 No. 57

Planning

The Planning (Development Management) (Temporary Modifications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021

Made

9th March 2021

Coming into operation

1st April 2021

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) 2011(1) and now vested in it(2).

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Planning (Development Management) (Temporary Modifications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2021.

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

2. In the Planning (Development Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015(3), in paragraph (3) of regulation 5A (temporary relaxation of pre-application community consultation requirements during Coronavirus emergency period)(4) for “31st March 2021” substitute “30th September 2021”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Infrastructure on 9th March 2021

(L.S.)

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 30th September 2021.

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

(1)

2011 c. 25 (N.I.)

(2)

See Article 8 and Part 2 of Schedule 5 of S.R. 2016 No. 76 and Section 1(6) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) S.R. 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))

(3)

S.R. 2015 No. 71

(4)

Regulation 5A was inserted by regulation 2 of S.R. 2020 No. 72 and amended by regulation 2 of S.R. 2020 No. 208