Regulation 5A Temporary relaxation of pre-application community consultation requirements during Coronavirus emergency periodF1

Northern Ireland

(1)

This regulation applies in relation to an application for planning permission submitted—

(a)

either—

(i)

during the emergency period, or

(ii)

within the period of 6 months immediately following the expiry of the emergency period, and

(b)

in respect of which a proposal of application notice is given to the council or as the case may be the Department before, or during, the emergency period.

(2)

Where this regulation applies in relation to an application for planning permission, regulation 5 applies in relation to that application—

(a)

as if paragraphs (2)(a), (b)(iii) and (3) were omitted, and

(b)

during the emergency period, as if in paragraph (2)(b)(ii) for “where” there were substituted “how (including by what electronic means)”.

(3)

For the purposes of this regulation, the “emergency period” begins on the date on which these Regulations come into operation and ends F231st March 2022.

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 5A inserted (1.5.2020) by The Planning (Development Management) (Temporary Modifications) (Coronavirus) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/72), regs. 1, 2(3)
F2: Words in reg. 5A(3) substituted (1.10.2021) by The Planning (Development Management) (Temporary Modifications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 (S.R. 2021/270), regs. 1, 2(1)
F3: Reg. 5A(4) omitted (1.10.2020) by virtue of The Planning (Development Management) (Temporary Modifications) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020 (S.R. 2020/208), regs. 1, 2(2)(b)