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AQW 40721/22-27
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Mr Peter Martin
(DUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister of Justice to detail the number of Ards and North Down Borough Council planning application appeals that the Planning Appeals Commission (i) heard; (ii) dismissed; and (ii) allowed, in each of the last five years.
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| 16/02/2026 |
Answered on 24/02/2026
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AQO 3081/22-27
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Mr Peter Martin
(DUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister of Justice to outline the accountability and governance arrangements in place for the Planning Appeals Commission, for which her Department is the sponsoring body.
| 29/01/2026 |
To be answered by 10/02/2026
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AQW 39902/22-27
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Mr Daniel McCrossan
(SDLP - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the reasons why the Planning Appeals Commission has not accepted updated information and survey data, relevant to the determination of the consent and abstraction applications, as part of the Dalradian Public Local Inquiry.
[Priority Written]
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| 05/02/2026 |
Answered on 12/02/2026
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AQW 38067/22-27
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Mr Phillip Brett
(DUP - North Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any further consideration she has given to the appointment of additional intendent commissioners, to the Planning Appeals Commission.
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| 13/01/2026 |
Answered on 27/01/2026
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AQW 34242/22-27
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Mr Andy Allen MBE
(UUP - East Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the number of houses of multiple occupancy related planning applications declined by local councils, that have been overturned by the Planning Appeals Commission, in each of the last five years, broken down by local council area.
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| 23/10/2025 |
Answered on 04/11/2025
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AQW 34241/22-27
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Mr Andy Allen MBE
(UUP - East Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail (i) the consideration given by the Planning Appeals Commission to local houses of multiple occupancy policy; and (ii) the over-provision test, when determining appeals against local council refusals.
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| 23/10/2025 |
Answered on 04/11/2025
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AQW 34240/22-27
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Mr Andy Allen MBE
(UUP - East Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Communities whether he has made any assessment of the impact of Planning Appeals Commission decisions to overturn houses in multiple occupation refusals, on community balance and public confidence in the licensing regime.
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| 23/10/2025 |
Answered on 11/12/2025
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AQO 1330/22-27
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Mr Tom Buchanan
(DUP - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Justice for her assessment of whether the Planning Appeals Commission is fit for purpose.
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| 06/01/2025 |
Answered on 24/07/2025
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AQW 22799/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether the Planning Appeals Commission public inquiry into the proposed gold mine in the Sperrins will be livestreamed when it resumes in March 2025.
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| 18/02/2025 |
Answered on 25/02/2025
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AQW 22314/22-27
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Mr Tom Buchanan
(DUP - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to comments by the Planning Appeals Commissioner on 15 January 2025 in relation to the Dalradian Public Inquiry in which she criticised the cost on the public purse, and, in particular the inaction of government departments and the Department for Infrastructure's failure to comply with its own legislation, to detail (i) at what point it is determined that inquiry participants have sufficient grounds to claim for costs caused by the further delay to the public inquiry; and (ii) whether the point has been reached where participants have sufficient grounds to claim for costs caused by the further delay to the public inquiry.
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| 11/02/2025 |
Answered on 23/02/2025
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AQW 21550/22-27
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Mr Stephen Dunne
(DUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister of Justice for an update on any plans to address the backlog in the Planning Appeals Commission.
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| 29/01/2025 |
Answered on 04/02/2025
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AQW 21549/22-27
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Mr Stephen Dunne
(DUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on the appointment of independent commissioners to alleviate pressures on the Planning Appeals Commission.
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| 29/01/2025 |
Answered on 13/02/2025
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AQW 21244/22-27
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Mr Daniel McCrossan
(SDLP - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 20739/22-27, for his assessment of the statement from the Planning Appeals Commissioner criticising his planning department for failing to follow its own legislative procedures.
[Priority Written]
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| 23/01/2025 |
Answered on 05/02/2025
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AQW 16981/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in light of the Planning Appeals Commission’s letter of 16 October 2024 to councils in relation to LA03/2021/0940/F, whether his Department will declare the application to be of regional significance.
[Priority Written]
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| 18/10/2024 |
Answered on 04/11/2024
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AQW 16890/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, in light of the Planning Appeals Commission's letter on 16 October 2024 in relation to the Dalradian conjoined public inquiry, whether his Department will seek the further environmental information from the planning applicant under the relevant provisions of the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 and 2017.
[Priority Written]
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| 17/10/2024 |
Answered on 25/10/2024
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AQO 876/22-27
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Mr Stephen Dunne
(DUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister of Justice whether she has plans to provide additional resources to the Planning Appeals Commission, following her meeting with the Minister for Infrastructure on 16th July 2024.
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| 19/09/2024 |
Answered on 30/09/2024
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AQW 14428/22-27
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Mr Stephen Dunne
(DUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister of Justice to detail any engagement she has had with the Minister for Infrastructure in relation to the appropriate resourcing of the Planning Appeals Commission.
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| 04/09/2024 |
Answered on 18/09/2024
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AQW 13711/22-27
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Miss Michelle McIlveen
(DUP - Strangford)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any discussions he has had with the Minister of Justice in relation to measures to address the backlog of cases and independent examinations of local development plans at the Planning Appeals Commission.
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| 21/06/2024 |
Answered on 11/07/2024
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AQW 13384/22-27
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, pursuant to AQW 12645/22-27, whether all relevant considerations referred to included a legal opinion on the soundness of his Department’s approach.
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| 14/06/2024 |
Answered on 26/06/2024
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AQW 12933/22-27
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Mr Stephen Dunne
(DUP - North Down)
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To ask the Minister for Infrastructure for an update on any actions he is taking to address the backlog within the Planning Appeals Commission.
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| 04/06/2024 |
Answered on 19/06/2024
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