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The Planning Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I INTRODUCTORY

    1. 1.Title and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART II PLANNING REFORM

    1. 3.Statement of community involvement

    2. 4.Status of development plans

    3. 5.Independent examination of development plans

    4. 6.Sustainable development

    5. 7.Development to include certain internal operations

    6. 8.Statements of principles of design and accessibility

    7. 9.Power to decline to determine applications

    8. 10.Duration of planning permission and listed building consent

    9. 11.Removal of discretion to extend time for bringing appeal

    10. 12.Conservation areas

    11. 13.Temporary stop notice

    12. 14.Increase in fines for unlawful advertisements

    13. 15.Procedure of Planning Appeals Commission

    14. 16.Fees and charges

  4. PART III CORRECTION OF ERRORS

    1. 17.Correction of errors in decision documents

    2. 18.Correction notice

    3. 19.Effect of correction

    4. 20.Supplementary

  5. PART IV CROWN APPLICATION

    1. 21.Crown application

    2. 22.National security

    3. 23.Trees in conservation areas: acts of Crown

    4. 24.Subordinate legislation

    5. 25.Crown application: transitional

  6. PART V MINERAL PLANNING PERMISSIONS

    1. 26.Aftercare conditions

    2. 27.Review of mineral planning permissions

  7. PART VI AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS

    1. 28.Amendments and repeals

  8. Signature

  9. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      CROWN APPLICATION

      1. Service of notices

        1. 1.In paragraph (1) of Article 2 of the principal Order...

      2. Hazardous substances consent

        1. 2.In Article 60 of the principal Order (effect of hazardous...

      3. Rights of entry

        1. 3.After Article 84C of the principal Order (rights of entry...

        2. 4.After Article 122 of the principal Order (supplementary provisions as...

      4. Compulsory acquisition

        1. 5.(1) Article 87 of the principal Order (acquisition of land...

        2. 6.In Article 109 of the principal Order (compulsory acquisition of...

      5. Purchase notices

        1. 7.After Article 94 of the principal Order (service of purchase...

      6. Application to Crown land and planning permission in anticipation of disposal of Crown land

        1. 8.Articles 113 and 114 of the principal Order are omitted....

      7. Tree preservation orders

        1. 9.(1) Article 115 of the principal Order (tree preservation orders...

      8. Special enforcement notices

        1. 10.(1) Article 116 of the principal Order (control of development...

      9. Requirement of planning permission for continuance of use instituted by Crown

        1. 11.(1) Article 117 of the principal Order (requirement of planning...

      10. Definitions

        1. 12.(1) Article 118 of the principal Order is amended as...

      11. Information as to estates in land

        1. 13.After Article 125 of the principal Order (information as to...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      CROWN APPLICATION – TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

      1. PART 1 PLANNING PERMISSION

        1. Introduction

          1. 1.This Part applies to a development if—

          2. 2.In this Part— (a) the relevant date is the date...

        2. Acceptable development

          1. 3.(1) This paragraph applies if before the relevant date in...

          2. 4.(1) This paragraph applies if before the relevant date the...

        3. Pending proposals

          1. 5.(1) This paragraph applies if before the relevant date—

      2. PART 2 LISTED BUILDINGS CONSENT AND CONSERVATION AREA CONSENT

        1. Introduction

          1. 6.This Part applies to works if— (a) they are works...

          2. 7.In this Part— (a) the relevant date is the date...

        2. Acceptable works

          1. 8.(1) This paragraph applies if before the relevant date in...

          2. 9.(1) This paragraph applies if before the relevant date the...

        3. Pending proposals

          1. 10.(1) This paragraph applies if before the relevant date—

          2. 11.This Part shall have effect in relation to the demolition...

      3. PART 3 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES

        1. 12.(1) This paragraph applies if at any time during the...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      PROVISIONS TO BE INSERTED AS SCHEDULES 1A AND 1B TO THE PRINCIPAL ORDER

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      AMENDMENTS

      1. Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 (NI 11)

        1. In Article 42A, in paragraph (4)(a) for “complied” substitute “...

        2. In Article 65A, in paragraph (2) for “65(1)” substitute “...

      2. Planning (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (NI 8).

        1. In Article 11 (stop notices), in paragraph (1), sub-paragraph (b)...

        2. In Schedule 1 (minor and consequential amendments), in paragraph 6,...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      REPEALS

  10. Explanatory Note

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