AQW 10754/22-27

Ms Kate Nicholl
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 24/04/2024
Answered On Date: 10/05/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether regulations permit developers to begin construction work before building plan approval is granted.

Answer:

‘Development’ is defined by the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011. Carrying out development without the required planning permission constitutes a breach of planning control.

Planning permission may also be granted by way of a development order or may be granted expressly. Where planning permission has been granted by a development order, a developer may commence that development without an application or plans.