AQW 23577/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether a Rural Needs Impact Assessment was conducted as part of PPS 21 Planning Advice Note issued in August 2021.
Asked by Andrew Muir MLA on 1 October 2021
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 1 October 2021
- Answer due by
- 18 October 2021
- Answered
- 7 October 20216 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Planning Advice Note (PAN) ‘Implementation of Strategic Planning Policy for the Development of the Countryside’ issued by my Department on 2 August 2021, was not subject to a Rural Needs Impact Assessment (as required by the Rural Needs Act 2016) as it does not add to or change existing policy.