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STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND


2006 No. 276

PLANNING

The Planning (Electronic Communications) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006

  Made 22nd June 2006 
  Coming into operation 1st August 2006 

The Department of the Environment makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 2(6) of the Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001[1].

     The Department is the appropriate department[2] for the purposes of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991[3].

     In accordance with section 1(3) of that Act the Department considers that the authorisation of the use of electronic communications or electronic storage for any purpose is such that the extent (if any) to which records of such things done for that purpose will be available will be no less satisfactory in cases where use is made of electronic communications or electronic storage than in other cases.

Citation, commencement and interpretation
     1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Planning (Electronic Communications) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 1st August 2006.

    (2) In this Order "the 1991 Order" means the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991.

Insertion of definitions and interpretation provisions
    
2. —(1) Article 2 of the 1991 Order (interpretation) shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In paragraph (2)—

    (3) After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

Service of Notices and Documents
    
3. After Article 2 of the 1991 Order there shall be inserted—

Electronic publication of notices of applications
     4. —(1) In Article 21 of the 1991 Order (publication of notices of applications) for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted—

    (2) In Schedule 1 of the 1991 Order (listed building consent – applications and appeals) for paragraph 2 there shall be substituted—

Postal addresses to be provided in certain notices
    
5. —(1) In Article 22 (3) of the 1991 Order (notification of applications to certain persons) after "names and" there shall be inserted "postal".

    (2) In the following provisions of the 1991 Order—

after "name and" there shall be inserted "postal".

Amendment of Planning (Conservation Areas) (Demolition) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988
    
6. —(1) The Planning (Conservation Areas) (Demolition) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988[13] shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 1.

Amendment of the Planning (Development Plans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991
     7. The Planning (Development Plans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991[14] shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 2.

Amendment of Planning (Listed Buildings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992
     8. The Planning (Listed Buildings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992[15] shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 3.

Amendment of the Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992
     9. The Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992[16] shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 4.

Amendment of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993
     10. The Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993[17] shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 5.

Amendment of the Planning (General Development) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993
     11. The Planning (General Development) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993[18] shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 6.

Amendment of the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
     12. The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999[19] shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 7.

Amendment of the Planning (Trees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
     13. The Planning (Trees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003[20] shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 8.



Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on


22nd June 2006.

L.S.


Marianne Fleming
A senior officer of the Department


SCHEDULE 1
Article 6


Amendment of the Planning (Conservation Areas) (Demolition) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988


     1. —(1) Regulation 2 (interpretation) shall be amended as follows.

    (2) The existing provision shall be renumbered as paragraph (1) and at the end of that provision as so renumbered, there shall be added the following definition—

    (3) After paragraph (1), as so renumbered, there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—

     2. After regulation 6 (claims for compensation and purchase notices), there shall be inserted the following regulation—



SCHEDULE 2
Article 7


Amendment of the Planning (Development Plans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991


     1. —(1) Regulation 2 (interpretation) shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In paragraph (1)—

    (3) After paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—

     2. After regulation 14 (notice of adoption of a development plan), insert—



SCHEDULE 3
Article 8


Amendment of the Planning (Listed Buildings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992


     1. —(1) Regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation) shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In paragraph (2), after the definition of "the 1991 Order", there shall be inserted the following definition—

    (3) After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—

     2. After regulation 8 (claims for compensation), there shall be inserted—



SCHEDULE 4
Article 9


Amendment of the Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992


     1. —(1) Regulation 2 (interpretation) shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In paragraph (1), after the definition of "Department", there shall be inserted the following definition—

    (3) After paragraph (3) there shall be inserted—

     2. In regulation 6 (2) (directions restricting deemed consent) after the word "locality", where it first appears, there shall be inserted "and, where the Department maintains a website for the purpose of advertisement, by publication of the notice on the website".

     3. After regulation 14 (compensation for revocation or modification of consents), there shall be inserted—



SCHEDULE 5
Article 10


Amendment of the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993


     1. —(1) Regulation 2 (interpretation) shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In paragraph (1), after the definition of "the Directive", there shall be inserted the following definition—

    (3) After paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—

     2. In regulation 6 (1) (advertisement of notices of applications) after the word "situated" there shall be inserted "and, where the Department maintains a website for the purpose of advertisement, by publication of the notice on the website".

     3. After regulation 19 (effect of hazardous substances contravention notices), there shall be inserted—





SCHEDULE 6
Article 11


Amendment of the Planning (General Development) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993


     1. —(1) Article 2 (interpretation) shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In paragraph (1), after the definition of "EIA development", there shall be inserted the following definition—

    (3) After paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—

     2. In Article 5(2) (notices relating to article 4 directions) after the word "situate" there shall be inserted "and, where the Department maintains a website for the purpose of advertisement, by publication of the notice on the website".

     3. After Article 22 (register of orders and directions) there shall be inserted—



SCHEDULE 7
Article 12


Amendment of the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999


     1. —(1) Regulation 2 (interpretation) shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In paragraph (1), after the definition of "EIA development", there shall be inserted the following definition—

    (3) After paragraph (4) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—

     2. In regulation 12(c) (publicity where an environmental statement is submitted) for the word "an" there shall be substituted the words "a postal".

     3. After paragraph (3) of regulation 34 (availability of information in relation to determinations, opinions, decisions, etc.) there shall be inserted—

     4. After regulation 36 (appeals to the Commission for developments for which an environmental statement is required), there shall be inserted—



SCHEDULE 8
Article 13


Amendment of the Planning (Trees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003


     1. —(1) Regulation 1 (citation, commencement and interpretation) shall be amended as follows.

    (2) In paragraph (2), before the definition of "land affected by the order", there shall be inserted the following definition—

    (3) After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted—

     2. After regulation 9 (trees in conservation areas - exemptions), there shall be inserted—



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


Section 1 of the Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001 empowers the appropriate department (defined in section 2 of that Act) by order to modify any statutory provision for the purpose of authorising or facilitating the use of electronic communications. This Order modifies legislation relating to planning.

Articles 2 to 5 modify certain provisions of the Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 ("the 1991 Order").

Article 2 inserts definitions relating to electronic communication into Article 2 (interpretation) of the 1991 Order. Consequential upon the insertion of a new definition of "address", Article 5 makes minor amendments to Articles 22(3), 67C and 125 of the 1991 Order, to ensure that requirements in those Articles to give an address can be fulfilled only by giving a postal, and not an electronic, address. Article 2 also amends Article 2 of the 1991 Order to make provision as to when electronic communications are deemed to have been received and authorises the use of electronic communications for the general purpose of giving or serving of notices (including notices of appeal to the planning appeals commission) or other documents under the 1991 Order where certain conditions are fulfilled, and subject to exceptions in cases where criminal sanctions attach to failure to comply with certain types of notice.

Article 4 amends Article 21(1) and Schedule 1 of the 1991 Order to facilitate the use of a website by the Department for the purpose of advertisement of planning applications and applications for listed building consent, respectively.

Articles 6 to 13 give effect to the Schedules to this Order.

Schedule 1 amends the Planning (Conservation Areas) (Demolition) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 to facilitate the use of electronic communications for making certain applications and claims, under those Regulations, subject to specified conditions.

Schedule 2 amends the Planning (Development Plans) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991 to facilitate the use of electronic communications for making representations about proposals to make, alter, repeal or replace development plans, the making of objections to such plans, and the making of objections about those representations, subject to specified conditions. Schedule 2 also amends the definition of the phrase "local advertisement" to facilitate the use of a website by the Department for the purpose of advertisement of development plans and the holding of public local inquiries to consider objections and representations about objections to a development plan.

Schedule 3 amends the Planning (Listed Buildings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 to authorise the use of electronic communications for making certain applications and claims, under those Regulations, subject to specified conditions.

Schedule 4 amends the Planning (Control of Advertisements) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 to authorise the use of electronic communications for making applications and sending certain notices under those Regulations, subject to specified conditions.

Schedule 5 amends the Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1993 to authorise the use of electronic communications for making applications, claims and sending certain notices under those Regulations, subject to specified conditions.

Schedule 6 amends the Planning (General Development) Order (Northern Ireland) 1993 to authorise the use of electronic communications for making applications and sending certain notices and other documents under that Order, subject to specified conditions, and facilitates the use of an electronic planning register by the Department.

Schedule 7 amends the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 to authorise the use of electronic communications for making applications and sending certain notices and other documents under those Regulations, subject to specified conditions. The amendments, where electronic communications are used for certain purposes, facilitate the use of an electronic register by the Department.

Schedule 8 amends the Planning (Trees) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 to authorise the use of electronic communications for making applications and sending certain notices and other documents under those Regulations, subject to specified conditions.


Notes:

[1] 2001 c.9 (N.I.)back

[2] See definition of "appropriate department" in section 2(1) of the Electronic Communications Act (Northern Ireland) 2001back

[3] S.I. 1991/1220 (N.I. 11) as amended by S.I. 2003/430 (N.I. 8) and S.I.2006/1252 (N.I.7)back

[4] Article 42A was inserted by Article 25 of S.I. 2003 No. 430 (N.I. 8)back

[5] Article 65(2) was substituted by Article 26 of S.I. 2003 No. 430 (N.I. 8)back

[6] Article 67C was inserted by Article 3 of S.I. 2003 No. 430 (N.I. 8)back

[7] Article 67E was inserted by Article 13 of S.I. 2006/1252 (N.I.7)back

[8] Article 68 was substituted by Article 7 of S.I. 2003 No. 430 (N.I. 8)back

[9] Article 68B was inserted by Article 7 of S.I. 2003 No. 430 (N.I. 8)back

[10] Article 73(1),(2),(3) and (7) was substituted by Article 11 of S.I. 2003 No. 430 (N.I. 8)back

[11] Article 76A was inserted by Article 4 of S.I. 2003 No. 430 (N.I. 8)back

[12] Article 81A was inserted by Article 15 of S.I. 2003 No. 430 (N.I. 8)back

[13] S.R. 1988 No. 5 as amended by S.R. 2006 No. 218back

[14] S.R. 1991 No. 119 as amended by S.R. 1994 No. 394, S.R. 2000 No. 101 and S.R. 2004 No. 438back

[15] S.R. 1992 No. 263 as amended by S.R. 2006 No. 218back

[16] S.R. 1992 No. 448 as amended by S.R. 1998 No. 147 and S.R. 2006 No. 218back

[17] S.R. 1993 No. 275 as amended by S.R. 2001 No. 101, S.R. 2005 No. 320 and S.R. 2006 No. 218back

[18] S.R. 1993 No. 278 as amended by S.R. 1999 No. 73, S.R. 2003 No. 98, S.R. 2003 No. 445 , S.R. 2006 No. 218 and S.R. 2006 No.219back

[19] S.R. 1999 No. 73back

[20] S.R. 2003 No. 444 as amended by S.R. 2006 No. 218back



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 © Crown copyright 2006

Prepared 28 June 2006


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