# The Planning General (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

S.R. 2015/176 · made 23 March 2015

Regulation 2 amends regulation 5(2) of the Planning General Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 to correct a drafting error in those Regulations.

Made under: Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (Section 79, Section 247)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/planning-general-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/pdf/nisr_20150176_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/planning-general-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/pdf/nisrem_20150176_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Planning
Made 23rd March 2015
Coming into operation 15th April 2015
The Department of the Environment makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 79(1), (3), (4) and (5) and 247(1) of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.

## 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Planning General (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 and shall come into operation on 15th April 2015.
(2) In these Regulations a reference to a section is a reference to a section of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.

## 2 Amendment of the Planning General Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

For regulation 5(2) of the Planning General Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, substitute—
“If an application for planning permission for development to which regulation 3 applies is referred to the Department under section 29 for determination by it that section shall have effect subject to the modification that, in subsection (7), for the words “the applicant and the appropriate council” substitute “the interested council” and for the words “the applicant or the council so requests in writing, the Department shall afford each of them an opportunity” substitute the words “the interested council requests in writing, the Department shall give it the opportunity”.”

## Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 23rd March 2015.
L.S.
Angus Kerr
A senior officer of the
Department of the Environment

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
Regulation 2 amends regulation 5(2) of the Planning General Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 to correct a drafting error in those Regulations.
A Regulatory Impact Assessment has not been prepared in relation to these Regulations.
The Explanatory Memorandum is available alongside the Regulations on the government’s website www.legislation.gov.uk.

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Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-general-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2015
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