Policy Framework and Assessment Criteria

The planning policies of this Statement outline the main criteria that the Department will employ in assessing proposals which affect the archaeological or built heritage. These policies however should not be read as the only tests of acceptability for such development proposals. In making its decisions the Department will assess proposals against all planning policies and other material considerations that are relevant to it. The policies of this Statement must therefore be read in conjunction with the relevant contents of the Department's other policy publications, including existing PPSs, development plans and the extant policies contained in the Department's document "A Planning Strategy for Rural Northern Ireland" published in September 1993.