| Ref No | Member | Question | Tabled | Status |
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AQO 1153/22-27
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline reasons for delays in considering contentious planning applications.
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| 07/11/2024 |
Answered on 19/11/2024
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AQW 18384/22-27
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Mr Peter Martin
(DUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any action he has taken to speed up the response of statutory agencies to planning applications.
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| 18/11/2024 |
Answered on 03/12/2024
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AQW 17811/22-27
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Mr Justin McNulty
(SDLP - Newry and Armagh)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the current processing times for planning applications, broken down by local council area.
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| 07/11/2024 |
Answered on 22/11/2024
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AQW 17380/22-27
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Miss Michelle McIlveen
(DUP - Strangford)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether he intends to review the target processing times for planning authorities in relation to regionally significant, major and local planning applications, given the performance of the majority of statutory consultees in meeting their target times for a responses over the last seven years.
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| 24/10/2024 |
Answered on 08/11/2024
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AQW 17379/22-27
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Miss Michelle McIlveen
(DUP - Strangford)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether he intends to review the target times for statutory consultee responses to regionally significant, major and local planning applications, given the performance of the majority of these consultees over the last seven years.
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| 24/10/2024 |
Answered on 08/11/2024
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AQW 16853/22-27
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Mr Mark Durkan
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the current regionally significant major planning applications; (ii) the number of these that have exceeded the 30 week target; and (iii) the total cumulative wait times for each major application, including those which have been approved, in the last 12 months.
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| 16/10/2024 |
Answered on 04/11/2024
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AQW 16246/22-27
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Mr Daniel McCrossan
(SDLP - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the actions his Department is taking to meet the target time to process (i) regular; and (ii) major planning applications.
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| 04/10/2024 |
Answered on 25/10/2024
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AQW 15717/22-27
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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 planning applications, including the number of units, that have been passed with negative water and drainage conditions in each of the last five years, broken down by local council area.
[Priority Written]
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| 25/09/2024 |
Answered on 03/10/2024
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AQW 15201/22-27
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Mr Phillip Brett
(DUP - North Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the number of regionally significant planning applications with his Department for decision; and (ii) the length of time each application has been with his Department for decision.
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| 17/09/2024 |
Answered on 04/10/2024
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AQO 763/22-27
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Lord Elliott of Ballinamallard
(UUP - Fermanagh and South Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, in relation to the Agri-Food and BioSciences Institute research study that found ammonia emissions from some poultry units are significantly lower than the estimates previously used by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency, to provide an update on assessments to planning applications in relation to ammonia measurements.
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| 02/09/2024 |
Answered on 10/09/2024
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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 12/06/2024
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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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