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AQO 3110/22-27
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Mr Daniel McCrossan
(SDLP - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline the process for elected representatives to engage with the Northern Ireland Environment Agency on planning applications in their area.
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| 05/02/2026 |
Answered on 16/02/2026
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AQW 39581/22-27
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Mr Stephen Dunne
(DUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the average time taken for DFI Roads to respond to a planning application in its role as a statutory consultee, in each of the last 12 months.
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| 02/02/2026 |
Answered on 25/02/2026
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AQW 39136/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether standardised environmental assessments exist for local councils in relation to planning applications.
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| 27/01/2026 |
Answered on 10/02/2026
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AQW 39134/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of occasions that planning applications have been called in over the last five years.
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| 27/01/2026 |
Answered on 13/02/2026
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AQW 38619/22-27
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Ms Kellie Armstrong
(APNI - Strangford)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether it is NI Water's policy to refuse all planning applications across the Strangford constituency, in order to negotiate a better budget, during the multi-year budget period.
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| 20/01/2026 |
Answered on 20/02/2026
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AQW 38065/22-27
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Mr Phillip Brett
(DUP - North Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for her assessment as to why planning applications across Northern Ireland have fallen so starkly.
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| 13/01/2026 |
Answered on 27/01/2026
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AQW 37786/22-27
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Ms Kellie Armstrong
(APNI - Strangford)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the number of planning applications NI Water received for the Ards and North Down local council area, over the last five years, broken down by total number per year; (ii) the number of these applications approved each year; (iii) the number of these applications rejected by NI Water; and (iv) whether the rejected applications were for residential or businesses.
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| 08/01/2026 |
Answered on 23/01/2026
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AQW 36681/22-27
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Mr Jon Burrows
(UUP - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail any (i) steps his Department is taking to address delays in the processing of agricultural planning applications; and (ii) assessment made of the impact of these delays on farm development and animal welfare.
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| 02/12/2025 |
Answered on 17/12/2025
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AQW 36368/22-27
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Mr Jon Burrows
(UUP - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any plans her Department has to (i) streamline; or (ii) reform, consultation processes to expedite decision-making on local planning applications.
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| 26/11/2025 |
Answered on 11/12/2025
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AQW 35974/22-27
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Mr Mark Durkan
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail why renewable energy planning applications are being excluded by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, when inviting lists of priority planning applications that require consultation responses, from each local council.
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| 20/11/2025 |
Answered on 17/12/2025
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AQW 35973/22-27
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Mr Mark Durkan
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail how the Northern Ireland Environment Agency has decided the types of planning applications that can be included in consultation response prioritisation lists, invited from each local council.
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| 20/11/2025 |
Answered on 17/12/2025
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AQW 35972/22-27
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Mr Mark Durkan
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the average time it takes the Northern Ireland Environment Agency to provide its final substantive response to consultations, regarding planning applications for wind farms.
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| 20/11/2025 |
Answered on 04/12/2025
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AQW 35655/22-27
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Mr Justin McNulty
(SDLP - Newry and Armagh)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of (i) planning staff currently employed by her Department; (ii) planning staff currently assigned to regionally significant planning applications; and (iii) regionally significant planning applications, currently being processed by her Department.
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| 17/11/2025 |
Answered on 11/12/2025
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AQW 34311/22-27
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Mr Robbie Butler
(UUP - Lagan Valley)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, given it is a statutory consultee to planning applications, for his assessment of whether the NI Environment Agency should recommend the granting of planning permission for the deployment of slurry separators on farms if it is accompanied by impact assessments that show a reduction in ammonia loss to air and phosphate loss to water.
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| 24/10/2025 |
Answered on 28/11/2025
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AQW 33180/22-27
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Ms Diane Forsythe
(DUP - South Down)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of planning applications referred to her Department, in the last three years.
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| 09/10/2025 |
Answered on 22/10/2025
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AQW 32950/22-27
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Ms Diane Forsythe
(DUP - South Down)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for her assessment of whether it would be equitable to members of the public to apply numerical limits to local councils, regarding the number of planning applications that may be called in.
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| 07/10/2025 |
Answered on 16/10/2025
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AQW 31826/22-27
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Mr Phillip Brett
(DUP - North Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any discussions she has had with the Minister of Justice regarding the impact of vexatious judicial reviews upon major planning applications.
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| 23/09/2025 |
Answered on 06/10/2025
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AQW 27564/22-27
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Mr Matthew O'Toole
(SDLP - South Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities to detail any consideration he has given to issuing guidance to local councils in relation to the prioritisation of planning applications that (i) exist as part of a Disabled Facilities Grant application; and (ii) relate to household adaptations connected to disability.
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| 21/05/2025 |
Answered on 08/07/2025
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AQW 25481/22-27
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Mr John Stewart
(UUP - East Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether consideration can be given to requiring local council planning departments to display site notices at application sites providing the public with (i) brief details of the proposal; (ii) the planning reference number; (iii) the case officer; (iv) the deadline for submitting objections and comments.
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| 01/04/2025 |
Answered on 10/04/2025
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AQW 25480/22-27
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Mr John Stewart
(UUP - East Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether she will review the current means by which planning applications are advertised in Northern Ireland.
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| 01/04/2025 |
Answered on 10/04/2025
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