Ref No | Member | Question | Tabled | Status |
AQW 14145/22-27
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Mr Mark Durkan
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on plans to increase the number of staff focused on renewable planning applications in his Department’s planning section, given the legislative requirements on net zero targets.
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| 03/07/2024 |
Answered on 22/07/2024
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AQO 418/22-27
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Mr Tom Buchanan
(DUP - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to outline what action he intends to take to ensure the Northern Ireland Environment Agency is able to respond to consultations on planning applications within a reasonable timeframe.
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| 02/05/2024 |
Answered on 14/05/2024
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AQW 11530/22-27
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 9590/22-27, (i) what is being done to address the lack of resources to meet capacity; (ii) the reasons for the number of re-consultations; and (iii) what is being done to improve the quality of information submitted.
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| 08/05/2024 |
Answered on 22/05/2024
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AQW 11224/22-27
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Mr William Irwin
(DUP - Newry and Armagh)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the number of farm-related planning applications responded to positively by the NIEA using the ammonia interim assessment approach, following the decision to cease relying on published ammonia advice as a basis for statutory advice on planning applications.
[Priority Written]
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| 01/05/2024 |
Answered on 01/07/2024
(Revised)
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AQW 10578/22-27
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (i) how many planning applications are awaiting assessment by NIEA as a statutory consultee; (ii) how many applications did NIEA respond to in (a) February 2023; and (b) February 2024; and (iii) how many officers are resource allocated for responding on behalf of NIEA as a statutory consultee.
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| 22/04/2024 |
Answered on 29/04/2024
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AQW 10577/22-27
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the reasons NIEA suspended assessment of planning applications as a statutory consultee in March 2023; and (ii) his assessment of how this suspension impacted on applications related to the rural and agricultural economy.
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| 22/04/2024 |
Answered on 27/06/2024
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AQO 291/22-27
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Miss Michelle McIlveen
(DUP - Strangford)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for his assessment of the impact a recurrent £321 million annual funding allocation to Northern Ireland Water will have on planning applications.
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| 21/03/2024 |
Answered on 16/04/2024
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AQW 10081/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether his Department, in the design and development of the new planning portal, ensured that approved drawings can be placed under one section in the portal in the interest of improving public access to planning applications online.
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| 15/04/2024 |
Answered on 30/04/2024
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AQW 9723/22-27
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Mr Stephen Dunne
(DUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of planning applications that were rejected due to water capacity concerns in North Down in each of the last five years.
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| 09/04/2024 |
Answered on 24/04/2024
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AQW 9642/22-27
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Mr William Irwin
(DUP - Newry and Armagh)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail (i) the number of times, on average, an on-farm development planning application comes back for further consultation by NIEA; and (ii) the reasons for re-consultation, in the last 12 months.
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| 08/04/2024 |
Answered on 22/04/2024
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AQW 9590/22-27
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for an explanation of the delay of the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in responding to planning applications as a statutory consultee.
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| 08/04/2024 |
Answered on 17/04/2024
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AQW 7779/22-27
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Miss Michelle McIlveen
(DUP - Strangford)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs whether an assessment has been carried out on whether the operational protocol for assessing ammonia in planning applications is hindering the replacement of old buildings with newer and more environmentally-friendly development.
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| 28/02/2024 |
Answered on 14/03/2024
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AQW 7718/22-27
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether there is any proposal to review the process in cases where there is a lengthy ongoing planning application, with multiple periodic changes involving notifications to neighbours and objectors, who must then repeatedly respond.
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| 28/02/2024 |
Answered on 14/03/2024
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AQW 7698/22-27
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Mr David Brooks
(DUP - East Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure what actions are being taken to speed up the response of statutory agencies to planning applications.
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| 28/02/2024 |
Answered on 14/03/2024
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AQW 7240/22-27
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Mr David Brooks
(DUP - East Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure how his Department carries out traffic and parking assessments for planning applications.
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| 22/02/2024 |
Answered on 08/03/2024
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AQW 6886/22-27
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Mr Daniel McCrossan
(SDLP - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of (i) regionally significant wind turbine planning proposals; (ii) regionally significant wind turbine pre-consultation planning applications; and (iii) individual wind turbines planning applications, submitted to his Department, broken down by constituency, in each of the last three years.
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| 19/02/2024 |
Answered on 05/03/2024
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AQW 6629/22-27
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Mr Justin McNulty
(SDLP - Newry and Armagh)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether he plans to (i) improve; (ii) increase resources; (iii) streamline; and (iv) reform the system for processing planning applications in this mandate.
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| 15/02/2024 |
Answered on 29/02/2024
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AQW 4672/22-27
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Mr Andrew Muir
(APNI - North Down)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to list the planning applications with his Department after being called in from district councils under the 2011 Planning Act.
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| 13/10/2022 |
Answered on 28/10/2022
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AQW 4184/22-27
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the average length of time taken by his Department to determine the outcome of a major planning application, in each of the last five years.
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| 06/10/2022 |
Answered on 21/10/2022
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AQW 4056/22-27
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Mr Jim Allister KC
(TUV - North Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure (i) why planning applications for Certificates of Lawful Development are not hosted on the Planning Portal; and (ii) whether he will review this policy.
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| 04/10/2022 |
Answered on 19/10/2022
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