AQW 5713/17-22

Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 10/07/2020
Answered On Date: 22/07/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) how many; (ii) what percentage of regionally significant planning decisions were appealed to the Planning Appeals Commission; and (iii) the outcomes of each appeal, in each of the last three financial years.

Answer:

In each of the last three financial years, no Regionally Significant planning decisions were appealed to the Planning Appeals Commission (PAC). In accordance with the Planning Act (NI) 2011 and unlike decisions made by councils, the decision of the Department on an application for planning permission made to it or referred to it shall be final. In this regard there is no provision available to appeal the decision to the PAC.