Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011

Urgent works relating to listed buildings on Crown land N.I.

214—(1) This section applies to any works proposed to be executed in connection with any building which is on Crown land if the appropriate authority certifies—

(a) that the works are of significant public importance, and

(b) that it is necessary that the works are carried out as a matter of urgency.

(2) The appropriate authority may, instead of making an application for consent to the council in accordance with Part 4, make an application for consent to the Department under this section.

(3) If the appropriate authority proposes to make the application to the Department it must publish in one or more newspapers circulating in the locality of the building a notice—

(a) describing the proposed works, and

(b) stating that the authority proposes to make the application to the Department.

(4) For the purposes of an application under this section the appropriate authority must provide to the Department a statement of the authority's grounds for making the application.

(5) If the appropriate authority makes an application under this section, subsections (6) to (8) apply.

(6) The Department may require the authority to provide such further information as the Department thinks necessary to enable it to determine the application.

(7) The Department must in accordance with such requirements as may be prescribed publish notice of the application and of the fact that such documents and other material are available for inspection.

(8) The Department must consult—

(a) the council for the district to which the proposed development relates, and

(b) such other persons as may be prescribed,

about the application.

(9) Subsections (5) to (9) of section 88 apply to an application under this section as they apply to an application in respect of which a direction under section 88 has effect.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 214 in operation at 13.2.2015 for specified purposes by S.R. 2015/49, art. 2, Sch. 1

I2 S. 214 in operation at 1.4.2015 in so far as not already in operation by S.R. 2015/49, art. 3, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2) (as amended (16.3.2016) by S.R. 2016/159, art. 2)