Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan 2015

Public Display of Representations

The Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991

The Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan 2015 is a development plan being prepared under the provisions of Part III of The Planning (Northern Ireland) Order 1991 by the Planning Service, an Agency within the Department of the Environment. Following publication of the Draft Plan

on 30 November 2004, the Department invited representations over an

8 week period ending on 25 January 2005.

The Department has decided to cause a Public Local Inquiry to be held

by the Planning Appeals Commission for the purpose of considering objections to the Draft Plan.

The Planning (Development Plans) Regulations (NI) 1991, as amended, requires the Department to make copies of all objections to a development plan available for inspection prior to the Inquiry. Copies

of all representations received during the 8 week period, including objections, may be inspected from 7 September 2005 to 2 November 2005 at PLACE, 40 Fountain Street Belfast, BT1 5EE at the following

times:

11.30am to 5.30pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday.

11.30am to 7.30pm Thursday

Copies of the representations will also be available on the Planning Service website www.planningni.gov.uk

The Department is now inviting representations about objections to the

Draft Plan which must be submitted, to the address below, in writing and received not later than 5.00pm on 2 November 2005.

Anyone making a representation about an objection may also ask to be notified in writing of the Department’s decision in relation to their representation at such address as they specify. It should also be noted that such written representations will be available for public inspection

and will be referred to at the Public Inquiry.

Representations about letters of support for the Draft Plan are not being invited and cannot be considered at the Public Inquiry.

Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan 2015

The Planning Service

Bedford House

16-22 Bedford Street

Belfast

BT2 7FD

e-mail to: belfast.ma.plan@doeni.gov.uk

Tel: 028 9025 2870

Fax: 028 9025 2967

T J Clarke, Acting Director of Plans & Policy