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Northern Ireland Environment Minister Edwin Poots has outlined measures to bring about the most sweeping reform of Northern Ireland’s planning system for over 30 years.
Speaking after the Northern Ireland Executive last week passed his wide-ranging reform package aimed at delivering a more effective and responsive planning system, Mr Poots said:
“I welcome the fact that Executive colleagues have now cleared the final policy proposals for reform of the planning system. The measures represent the most far-reaching changes to our planning system in over 30 years.
“Last year’s public consultation on the proposals for reform demonstrated broad support for the proposals. I believe these changes offer us an unprecedented opportunity to transform our mainly regulatory planning system into a more proactive, co-ordinated and responsive system which will help to enable appropriate sustainable development”.
“One of my key goals as Environment Minister is to ensure that we have a modern, efficient and effective planning system which serves the needs of all the people of Northern Ireland and supports the Executive in promoting economic growth. The changes proposed affect almost every aspect of the planning system, as well as addressing the measures necessary to transfer the majority of planning functions to local government.”
Mr Poots said that no-one should underestimate the scale of the reform programme, particularly when combined with the transfer of responsibility for the majority of planning functions to the new councils.
The Minister also said he was committed to publishing the formal Government Response to the consultation exercise, including the final policy proposals to be taken forward as agreed by the Executive, in the coming weeks.
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