Developer Agreements

A number of policies within the LDP may require formal legal agreements between the council and a developer to ensure the plan objectives are achieved. Section 76 of the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 allows the council to use such developer agreements to overcome obstacles to the grant of planning permission where these cannot be addressed through the use of conditions. An agreement may also require a sum or sums to be paid where the council requires a developer to bear the costs of work required to facilitate their development proposals. Such agreements will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis and are enforceable by way of court injunction.