Posts tagged ‘Planning’
Planning: Draft Regional Development Strategy
Friday, March 11th, 2011agendaNi considers what the next 14 years could hold for Northern Ireland, according to the draft Regional Development Strategy. Released in January, the draft Regional Development Strategy maps out how Northern Ireland is expected to change up to 2025. It follows on from a 10-year review of the first ‘Shaping our Future’ strategy, which was published in 2001 and amended in 2008. This had been the British Isles’ first spatial strategy. “Place, where things are and where things happen, can be often overlooked in decision making but it matters to people,” it states. The final...[full story]
Planning: Planning for recovery – Edwin Poots
Monday, December 6th, 2010Following a number of high-profile planning controversies, Environment Minister Edwin Poots has outlined his proposals for a reformed, efficient and streamlined planning sector that will contribute to the economic recovery. agendaNi reports. The planning system needs to be capable of meeting the needs of investors, therefore it must be “flexible, predictable and prompt,” according to Environment Minister Edwin Poots. Speaking at an agendaNi ‘planning and the economy’ seminar, Poots pointed out that the Executive is “still fully engaged in attracting overseas investment, and...[full story]
Planning: Clarity in the countryside
Friday, July 9th, 2010A summary of the final PPS21 policy which slightly eases restrictions on rural dwellings. “No-one has got their head around the question of how to meet the demand for [a stand-alone single house in the countryside] without creating a free-for-all”, Edwin Poots told his Assembly colleagues on 1 June. As the Environment Minister issued PPS21, he revealed that while it clarifies most of the planning policy for deciding planning applications in rural areas, an important area will undergo further analysis: non-farming rural dwellers and their demand for ‘stand- alone’ houses. During...[full story]
Planning: Culture change
Friday, February 5th, 2010Professor Greg Lloyd calls for planning to be seen positively rather than negatively, adding that much more debate is needed about this policy field. Peter Cheney reports. Northern Ireland needs a culture change, if its planning system is to improve, according to the author of the province’s planning review. Professor Greg Lloyd, who now heads up the University of Ulster’s School of the Built Environment also suggested that changing times mean that planning powers may need to be rethought and therefore its transfer to local government delayed. In essence, the planning system needs...[full story]
