{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-general-development-procedure-order-northern-ireland-2015/article-5A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-general-development-procedure-order-northern-ireland-2015/article-5A.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2015/72",
  "legislation_title": "The Planning (General Development Procedure) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/planning-general-development-procedure-order-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "article/5A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5A",
  "heading": "Validation particulars specified by direction",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph 2 the council may specify by direction published on its website what particulars or verifying evidence shall accompany any application—\n(a) for planning permission; or\n(b) for approval of reserved matters.\n(2) Paragraph (1) only applies if the direction is—\n(a) reasonable having regard, in particular, to the nature, scale and location of the proposed development;\n(b) about a matter which it is reasonable to think will be a material consideration in the determination of the application; and\n(c) published or reviewed and re-published by the council during the 3 year period immediately before the date on which the application is made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 5A inserted (1.4.2025) by The Planning (General Development Procedure) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/176), arts. 1, 2(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/72/article/5A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:36.751293+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."
}