Planning Appeals Commission

A round-up of planning news in Northern Ireland: 24 October-30 October, 2020

Two major onshore wind farms ran into turbulence this week with infrastructure minister Nichola Mallon, who confirmed that she has refused planning permission for what would have been the Province’s largest array – a 33-turbine project earmarked for a site wholly within the Sperrins Area of...

DUP MP Ian Paisley Jr has intervened over a proposed solar farm earmarked for land east of the villages of Kells and Connor, which straddles the boundary between Mid and East Antrim and Antrim and Newtownabbey borough councils.

The Planning Appeals Commission, which has begun examining Belfast City Council’s local development plan (LDP), has voiced concern that the draft planning strategy may be unsound.