Planning (Development Management) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. No. 71 of 2015). Country/Territory United Kingdom Territorial subdivision Northern Ireland Document type Regulation Date 2015 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil, Waste & hazardous substances Keyword Land-use planning EIA Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Waste management Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations make provision for the new development management processes for determining planning applications. In doing so, they put in place the regulatory framework required to implement the development management provisions in Part 3 of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011. The Regulations, among other things: prescribe the classes of major development and classes of major development that are considered to potentially be developments of regional significance; prescribe the hierarchy of developments; provide with respect to pre-application procedures and schemes of delegation for purposes of the Act (sections 27 and 31). Major development include an “EIA development”, which has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 and waste management infrastructures including waste water treatment plants. Full text English Website www.opsi.gov.uk References - Legislation Implements Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (2011 Cap. 25). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2011 Keyword: Forestry protection measures, Forest management/forest conservation, Land-use planning, Institution, Environmental planning, Agricultural land, EIA, Soil pollution/quality, Policy/planning, Offences/penalties, Basic legislation, Mining, Soil rehabilitation, Waste disposal, Hazardous substances, Authorization/permit, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Enforcement/compliance, Waste management Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Planning (Development Management) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. No. 273 of 2015). Legislation | United Kingdom | 2015 Keyword: Land-use planning, EIA, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Waste management Source: FAO, FAOLEX