Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Planning (Development Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 and come into operation on 1st April 2015.

In these Regulations a reference to a section is a reference to a section of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.

In these Regulations—

• “the GDPO” means the Planning (General Development Procedure) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 M1;

• “appointed officer” means a person appointed by the council for the purposes of section 31(1)(a);

• “appropriate council” means the council for the district in which the land to which the application relates is situated;

• “council” means a district council;

• “EIA development” has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) F12017 M2.