Section 1: Compliance with Legislation
The Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 Regulation
Requirement
Comments
Evidence where relevant
Part 2: Local Development Plan 4 (1)
A Council must prepare a statement of community involvement.
4 (3)
The Council and the Department must attempt to agree the terms of the statement of community involvement.
Original – Prepared and published on the Council website: August 2016 1st Revision - Published on the Council website: December 2019 2nd Revision – Published on the Council website: December 2020
Original - Agreed by the DfI: 14 June 2016 1st Revision – Agreed by DfI: 27 November 2019 2nd Revision – Agreed by DfI: 23 November 2020
See DPS-402, DPS-403 and DPS-404
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The Planning (Statement of Community Involvement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 Regulation
Requirement
Comments
Evidence where relevant
Form and content of the statement of community involvement 4 (a-d)
The statement of Community Involvement must include within it the following matters:
The SCI sets out arrangements as to how the council will involve the community at each stage of the local development plan process:
a) The principles of how the Council will involve the community in exercising its local development plan functions under Part 2 of the 2011 Act; b) The timing of, and the method by which: Participation will occur at each stage of the development plan procedure; The Council will respond to the participation process referred to above c) Details of how the Council will use those responses at each stage in developing the content of its local development plan; and
Stage 1: Developing the evidence base to the commencement of the plan (including the timetable), Stage 2: Preferred Options Paper, Stage 3: Plan Strategy; and Stage 4: Local Policies Plan. The SCI sets out how and when participation will occur at each stage of the plan process. The statement sets out how council will deal with any representations received and highlights that the
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See DPS-402, DPS403 and DPS-404
