# The Planning (Development Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, Regulation 2: Hierarchy of Developments


(1) For the purposes of section 25(1)(hierarchy of developments) the classes of development belonging to the category of major development are—
(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
(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.
(2) All other development belongs to the category of local development.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/71/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-development-management-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-2
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