Section 76 Agreement Template - Parties and Recitals

THIS DEED is made on the day of 2025 BETWEEN: Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council of Mossley Mill, Newtownabbey, BT36 5QA ('the Council'); AND XXXX (Company registration number XXXX) whose registered office is at XXXX ('the Applicant'). WHEREAS: A. The Council is the planning authority for the purposes of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 ("the Act") for the area in which the Site is situated as edged in red in the map at Annex 1 [map to be inserted]. B. The Applicant is the owner of the Site as certified in the Certificates of Title free from encumbrances (Annex 2). C. The Applicant submitted a Planning Application (Annex 3) for permission and proposed to develop the Site [summary of the development to be inserted]. D. The Site is located at XXXX on lands within the development limits [planning officers to complete]. E. [planning officers to provided details of any relevant previous planning matters in relation to the site and details of any policy exemptions]. F. Until the Council adopts its new Local Development Plan, most planning applications will continue to be assessed against the provisions of the extant adopted Development Plans for the Borough (the Belfast Urban Area Plan, the Carrickfergus Area Plan and the Antrim Area Plan) Account will also be taken of the Draft Newtownabbey Area Plan and its associated Interim Statement and the emerging provisions of the Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan (which has reverted to the Draft Plan Stage) together with relevant provisions of Planning Policy Statements (PPSs) which contain the main operational planning polices for the consideration of development proposals. The Strategic Planning Policy Statement for Northern Ireland (SPPS) published in September 2015 confirms that until such time as a Plan Strategy for the whole of the Council Area has been adopted the Council should continue to apply existing policy and guidance contained in retained PPSs and other relevant documents together with the provisions of the SPPS itself. G. [please provide the developers proposals relevant to this section 76 agreement]. H. The planning obligations insofar as they relate to Section 76 of the Act on behalf of the Council and the Applicant in this Agreement are binding upon the Site.