Development Plan Practice Notes
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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)
- Development Plan Practice Note 02 Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) (Version 2 / August 2015)
- Development Plan Practice Note 03 Timetable (April 2015)
- Development Plan Practice Note 04 Sustainability Appraisal incorporating Strategic Environmental Assessment (April 2015)
- Development Plan Practice Note 05 Preferred Options Paper (April 2015)
- Development Plan Practice Note 06 Soundness (Version 2 / May 2017)
- Development Plan Practice Note 07 The Plan Strategy (April 2015)
- Development Plan Practice Note 08 The Local Policies Plan (April 2015)
- Development Plan Practice Note 09 Submission and Handling of Representations (Version 2 / December 2016)
- Development Plan Practice Note 10 Submitting Development Plan Documents for Independent Examination
- Development Plan Practice Note 11 Receipt of Independent Examination Report and Adoption of a Development Plan Document (February 2023)