Belfast·LDP Plan Strategy 2035 (adopted 2023)·Page 202·9.2.9

Precautionary principle for environmental protection

Where significant risks of environmental damage exist, environmental protection will generally be paramount unless there are imperative reasons of overriding public interest.

principle that, where there are significant risks of damage to the environment, its protection will generally be paramount, unless there are imperative reasons of overriding public interest.

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