SPPS Strategic Planning Policy Statement Edition 2 (December 2025)·Page 7·1.7
Transitional Arrangements for Planning Policy Statements
Existing Planning Policy Statements will be cancelled when all eleven councils adopt a new Plan Strategy, with transitional arrangements ensuring continuity in planning policy decisions while councils develop new local development plans.
The existing suite of Planning Policy Statements and the remaining provisions of 'A Planning Strategy for Rural Northern Ireland' will be cancelled when all eleven councils have adopted a new Plan Strategy for the whole of their council area. However, to ensure that there is continuity in planning policy for taking planning decisions whilst councils bring forward operational policies tailored to local circumstances within new LDPs, the following transitional arrangements shall apply.
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