Information about the
Planning Committee
Please
note: all meetings of the Planning Committee are open to the
public. If you wish to speak at the Planning Committee, you must
have previously made representations to the Planning Department in
respect of an application.
If you wish
to request to speak, please contact Democratic Services setting out
the planning reasons you wish to raise. Please note that the
deadline for requests to speak is 48 hours prior to the date of the
meeting:
· Web
Form: Submit
your request to speak to committee
· Email
Democratic Services: democraticservices@belfastcity.gov.uk
The
Planning Committee is responsible for all of the Council’s
planning functions, except those matters which are delegated to
officers or reserved to full Council.
Specific
responsibilities include:
Exercising
the Council’s powers and duties in relation to local planning
policies, plan strategies, the statement of community involvement
and any other development plan documents in conjunction with the
Strategic Policy and Resource Committee who will consider all of
the said policies and plans to ensure that they are consistent with
the broader strategic objectives of the Council;
Reconsideration
of local planning policies, plan strategies, the statement of
community involvement and any other development plan documents in
respect of which the Strategic Policy and Resource Committee
considers to be inconsistent with the broader strategic objectives
of the Council;
Deciding
on applications for planning permission and whether to impose any
condition, limitation or other restriction on an approval, consent,
licence or permission;
Revoking,
amending, modifying or varying any approval, consent, licence or
permission;
Determining
any matters related to the exercise of permitted development rights
as set out in the Planning (General Development) Order (NI) 1993 or
any other legislation relating to such rights;
Exercising
the Council’s powers and duties in relation to development
control;
Determining
applications for the display of advertisements and whether to
impose any condition, limitation or other restriction on such
advertisements;
Determining
applications for planning permission or consents for listed
buildings and exercising any related powers and duties; including
the revocation or modification of such a consent;
Exercising
the Council’s powers in relation to the preservation of
trees;
Dealing
with any other planning related matter that a meeting of Council or
any other Committee considers appropriate to be referred to the
Planning Committee;
Responding
to consultations on local planning policies, plan strategies the
statement of community involvement and any other development plan
documents in adjoining authorities;
Responding
to consultations issued by the Department for Infrastructure, or
any other Department, in relation to planning matters;
Responding
to consultations in relation to regionally significant or major
applications to be determined by the Department for
Infrastructure.