AQW 26928/17-22

Mr Andrew Muir
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 06/12/2021
Answered On Date: 10/12/2021
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether a review of the use of Section 76 agreements is incorporated as part of the review of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.

Answer:

The focus of the current review of the Planning Act (NI) 2011 is on the implementation of the legislative provisions of the Act itself and the extent to which the original objectives of the Act have been achieved. I am aware that the issue of Section 76 planning agreements has been raised by some respondents in the recent call for evidence on the Review of the Implementation of the Planning Act (NI) 2011. I will, therefore, give consideration to this evidence as part of the review process.