Comments to Focussed Changes Consultation to draft Plan Strategy

Public consultation on Focussed Changes to the draft Plan Strategy

In accordance with Regulation 20(1) of the Planning (Local Development Plan) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015, the Council, prior to submitting its draft Plan Strategy to the Department for Independent Examination on 22nd March 2021, gave due consideration to the issues raised in all representations it received during its public consultation into the draft Plan Strategy documents.

In accordance with Section 4 of the Department’s Development Plan Practice Note (DPPN) 10 ‘Submitting Development Plan Documents for Independent Examination’ December 2019, the council, having considered the issues raised, identified and proposed a number of focussed and minor changes to its draft Plan Strategy. Minor changes were provided as a separate schedule and whilst these did not require public consultation they were published for information to allow the reader to understand how the council differentiated between what it considered to be a minor and focussed change.

These changes were subject to an 8 week period of public consultation which ended on Friday 12th March 2021.

The consultation document on the focussed changes, along with addendums to accompany all corresponding papers affected by these proposed changes can be viewed and downloaded from the Submission Documents Library and are available in different formats upon request.

The Council has published those comments it received to the proposed focussed changes as soon as reasonably practicable after the expiry of the consultation period and these can be viewed from the links provided in the Table below.

If you are unable to view these comments online, they are available for inspection at the Planning Unit, Civic Headquarters, Lagan Valley Island, Lisburn BT27 4RL during normal office hours (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm) by appointment only, so that the appropriate health and safety arrangements for COVID-19 can be properly managed. An appointment can be arranged by contacting the Planning Unit either by telephone 028 9244 7300 or emailing the LDP team at LDP@lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk

The comments received on the proposed focussed changes were collated and formed part of the Council’s submission to the Department for Infrastructure on the 22nd March 2021 and will also be submitted to the examining body as part of the Independent Examination process.

There is no opportunity to make any further comments at this stage.