Environmental Advice for Planning

DAERA has a role in development management and responds to development proposals where there is potential for impacts on the natural and marine environments and fisheries interests.

DAERA Planning Consultations Update

DAERA wish to alert all customers that we are currently experiencing a very heavy workload resulting in delays to planning consultation responses. The Department is implementing a number of actions to improve our performance and address our current backlog.

As a first step in improving customer service we are publishing information on processing times for all development types, to ensure greater transparency and help manage customer expectations.

Further information is available on the ‘DAERA Planning Consultations Update’ page.

The Planning Response Team is the single point of contact for planning consultations and environmental queries related to planning, and provides a single, integrated response for each consultation across DAERA’s areas of responsibility.

The Planning Response Team can be contacted at:

PlanningResponse.Team@daera-ni.gov.uk
Telephone: 028 9056 9604

Consulting DAERA on planning applications

Information required for consultation with DAERA

Advice on the type and detail of information required by DAERA to respond to planning consultations.

Advice and guidance

Advice and Guidance to help in the planning process

COMAH Public Information Northern Ireland

Information about COMAH sites in Northern Ireland

Construction Method Statements

Guidance on the information required in a Construction Method Statement

Step by Step Guidance for Agricultural Planning Applications and Environmental Considerations

The following step by step guidance is for applicants of agricultural related planning applications and is regarding environmental considerations which may need to be taken into account during the application process to allow the local planning authority to make a determination.

Public Appointment Vacancies - Chair and up to 18 Members to the Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside (CNCC)

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is seeking to appoint a new Chair and up to 18 members to the Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside (CNCC). The CNCC provides independent, specialist advice to the Department (DAERA) on matters affecting the countryside and nature conservation and Areas of Special Scientific Interest (ASSIs) with due regard to matters affecting agriculture, forestry and inland fisheries.

DAERA Planning Consultations Update

Update of process for planning consultation update for customers. Changing from the provision of no updates to updates providing indicative average number of days for all outstanding planning consultations.

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