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  • Other Supplementary Planning Guidance

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    • Planning, 
    • Planning Guidance

    The links below provide a range of Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) documents for a number of different subject areas, including; Design Guidance; Renewable Energy Guidance; Transportation Guidance and Economic Development Guidance.

    Click here for the contemporary status of Planning Guidance (prepared by DoE under the unitary planning system).

    Design Guidance

    • Living Places – An Urban Stewardship and Design Guide for Northern Ireland
    • Building on Tradition – A Sustainable Design Guide for the Northern Ireland Countryside
    • Creating Places: Achieving Quality in Residential Environments

    Economic Development

    • Supplementary Planning Guidance to Policy PED 8 ‘Development Incompatible with Economic Development Uses’

    Heritage Conservation

    • Best Practice Guidance to PPS 23 'Assessing Enabling Development for the Conservation of Significant Places'

    Renewable Energy Guidance

    • Best Practice Guidance to PPS 18 ‘Renewable Energy’
    • Wind Energy Development in Northern Ireland Landscapes
    • Draft Supplementary Planning Guidance to PPS 18 'Renewable Energy' - Anaerobic Digestion

    Transportation Guidance

    • Parking Standards
    • Transport Assessment

    Trees and Development

    • Tree Preservation Orders – A Guide to Protected Trees
    • Trees and Development : a Guide to Best Practice

    Related content

    • Conservation Area Guides (A-Z list)
    • Development Control Advice Notes (DCANs)
    • Overview of Planning Enforcement Responsibilities
    • Planning Advice Notes (PANs)
    • Planning Fraud Risks Guide
    • Planning guidance from statutory consultees for developers
    • Planning guidance from statutory consultees for planning officers
    • Planning Practice Notes
    • Update on Extant Planning Guidance Prepared by DoE
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