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A Planning Strategy for Rural Northern Ireland

Issued by: Planning Service (DOE)
Date: September 1993
Planning Strategy for Rural Northern IrelandThe Planning Strategy for Rural Northern Ireland covers all of the towns, villages and countryside of Northern Ireland outside Belfast (and adjoining built up areas) and Londonderry.
The Strategy establishes the objectives and the policies for land use and development appropriate to the particular circumstances of Northern Ireland and which need to be considered on a scale wider than the individual District Council Area.
Use the table of contents in the right hand column to navigate through the pages of this document.
Note:
Planning Policy Statements (PPSs) are gradually replacing the policy provisions of the Planning Strategy for Rural Northern Ireland and each PPS indicates those policies of the Strategy that it is superseding. In the meantime, the Planning Strategy remains in force for those topics not covered by a PPS or other policy publication and where still applicable, remain a material consideration until it is completely superseded.
This online version of the Planning Strategy for Rural Northern Ireland has been updated to reflect recent changes in planning policy.