My Council
Department for Infrastructure
- About DfI Planning
- Statement of Community Involvement
- DfI's Determination of Applications
- Applications Advertised by DfI
- Chief Planner's Update
- Public Consultations
- BCA Planning Agreement Modification
- Retained Planning and Enforcement Cases
- Overview of Planning Enforcement Responsibilities
- DfI website
- Living Places - An Urban Stewardship and Design Guide for Northern Ireland
PLEASE NOTE: From 8 May 2016 central government planning functions transferred to the new Department for Infrastructure
(DfI). Therefore any reference on this website to the planning powers of ‘the Department’, ‘Department of the
Environment’ or ‘DOE’ should now be read as the Department for Infrastructure.
News
- Mon, 10 Jul 2017
NIPP Planned Downtime - Second Outage - Fri, 30 Jun 2017
NIPP Planned Downtime - First Outage - Tue, 20 Jun 2017
New Historic Environment Guidance - Wed, 10 May 2017
Revised Development Plan Practice Note 06: Soundness
The planning system makes sure the right things are built in the right places, be
it houses, shops, parks, community centres or energy plants. But it is also about the ability to shape and change the character, look and feel of the places where
we live, work or visit. Responsibility for planning in Northern Ireland is shared between the 11 local councils
and the Department for Infrastructure (the Department).
The
11 councils are responsible for:
- Local development planning – creating a plan which will set out a clear vision of how the council area should look in the future by deciding what type and scale of development should be encouraged and where it should be located;
- Development management – determining the vast majority of planning applications;
- Planning enforcement – investigating alleged breaches of planning control and determining what action should be taken.
The Department is responsible for:
- Determination of regionally significant and ‘called-in’ planning applications;
- Regional Development Strategy (RDS);
- Regional planning policy;
- Planning legislation;
- Performance management;
- Oversight and guidance for councils;
The majority of queries relating to the planning process
and planning applications should be directed to your local council’s planning office
where experienced officers will be able to advise you.
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