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  • Development Plan Practice Notes

    Topics:
    • Planning, 
    • Planning Guidance

    Date published: 20 August 2018

    Development Plan Practice Notes are designed to guide planning officers and others engaged in the planning system through the key requirements for the preparation and adoption of a Local Development Plan (LDP) and deal primarily with procedures as well as good practice.

    The practice notes stem from the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 and any related subordinate legislation. The emphasis is very much on advice, but where explicit legislative requirements must be followed these are made clear.

    Documents

    • Development Plan Practice Note 01 Introduction: Context for Local Development Plans (April 2015) Adobe PDF (517 KB)
    • Development Plan Practice Note 02 Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) (Version 2 / August 2015) Adobe PDF (1 MB)
    • Development Plan Practice Note 03 Timetable (April 2015) Adobe PDF (625 KB)
    • Development Plan Practice Note 04 Sustainability Appraisal incorporating Strategic Environmental Assessment (April 2015) Adobe PDF (654 KB)
    • Development Plan Practice Note 05 Preferred Options Paper (April 2015) Adobe PDF (280 KB)
    • Development Plan Practice Note 06 Soundness (Version 2 / May 2017) Adobe PDF (571 KB)
    • Development Plan Practice Note 07 The Plan Strategy (April 2015) Adobe PDF (406 KB)
    • Development Plan Practice Note 08 The Local Policies Plan (April 2015) Adobe PDF (403 KB)
    • Development Plan Practice Note 09 Submission and Handling of Representations (Version 2 / December 2016) Adobe PDF (514 KB)
    • Development Plan Practice Note 10 Submitting Development Plan Documents for Independent Examination Adobe PDF (195 KB)
    • Development Plan Practice Note 11 Receipt of Independent Examination Report and Adoption of a Development Plan Document (February 2023) Adobe PDF (217 KB)

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