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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-development-management-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/71",
  "legislation_title": "The Planning (Development Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-development-management-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Hierarchy of Developments",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of section 25(1)(hierarchy of developments) the classes of development belonging to the category of major development are—\n(a) development described in Column 1 of the table in the Schedule, where any applicable threshold or criterion in the corresponding entry in Column 2 of that table is met or exceeded; and\n(b) any change to or extension of development of a class described in paragraphs 1 to 9 of Column 1 of the table in the Schedule where that change or extension itself meets or exceeds the threshold or criterion in the corresponding entry in Column 2 of that table.\n(2) All other development belongs to the category of local development.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/71/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:37.277710+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}