{"id":7491,"date":"2014-04-18T17:49:34","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T16:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=7491"},"modified":"2014-04-18T17:49:34","modified_gmt":"2014-04-18T16:49:34","slug":"doenis-new-enabling-development-policy-pps23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=7491","title":{"rendered":"DoENI\u2019s new \u2018Enabling Development\u2019 policy: PPS23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Department of the Environment Northern Ireland (DoENI) <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">has issued new policy \u2018Enabling Development for the Conservation of Significant Places\u2019, including a best practice document to accompany this.<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The DoENI writes:<br \/>\n<\/span>\u2018Enabling Development\u2019 sets out when developers may get planning permission, contrary to published planning policy, the justification being that it provides a vital source of funding to help restore a heritage asset, such as a historic building, in the public interest.<\/p>\n<p>The planning policy allows for enabling developments that are contrary to planning policy, it nevertheless contains safeguards to ensure the approved development will not harm the heritage value of the significant place or its setting.<\/p>\n<p>In announcing the policy Mark H Durkan said: \u2018Northern Ireland is blessed with a wealth of significant places but many are under threat because of the inherent difficulty in securing funding for their conservation. Enabling Development can make good this funding shortfall or \u2018conservation deficit\u2019 and help ensure that these important places are preserved in the public interest.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Schemes may take the form of a small residential development or other commercial proposal in the grounds of an endangered historic building, where the funds generated are used to finance the conservation of the building, securing its future for generations to come.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Minister continued: \u2018The policy provides guidance on how such proposals will be assessed, bringing more certainty and simplicity to owners, developers, planners and all those with an interest in the conservation of significant places. It is an important part of my vision for a better environment and a stronger economy.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planningni.gov.uk\/index\/policy\/policy_publications\/planning_statements\/pps_23_final.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Planning Policy Statement 23 \u2018Enabling Development for the Conservation of Significant Places\u2019\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planningni.gov.uk\/index\/policy\/policy_publications\/planning_statements\/best_practice_guidance_pps23.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Best Practice Guidance<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.planningni.gov.uk\/index\/news\/news_releases\/planning_policy_boost_heritage.htm\" target=\"_blank\">NI Planning news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of the Environment Northern Ireland (DoENI) has issued new policy \u2018Enabling Development for the Conservation of Significant Places\u2019, including a best practice document to accompany this.\u00a0 The DoENI writes: \u2018Enabling Development\u2019 sets out when developers may get planning &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=7491\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7491"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7491\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7492,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7491\/revisions\/7492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}