New planning legislation has come into operation in Northern Ireland which provides revised permitted development (PD) rights for industrial buildings and warehouses and new permitted development rights for shops, financial and professional services establishments, office premises, schools, colleges, universities and hospitals and the demolition of buildings.
The new and revised permitted development rights will be subject to specified limitations and conditions. The Planning (General Development) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 will also reduce the maximum number of copies of forms, plans and drawings that need to accompany planning applications from six to three.
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