Consultation | Planning Application Validation Checklist for Belfast

Have your say on Belfast City Council's proposed Planning Application Validation Checklist.

On 1 October 2024, the Department for Infrastructure (DfI) made legislation which enables a council to publish a Planning Application Validation Checklist. The Planning Application Validation Checklist is one of the measures which is aimed at creating a more efficient, effective, and transparent planning system.

What is a Planning Application Validation Checklist?

The Planning Application Validation Checklist sets out the information, plans or evidence, which must be submitted with your planning application so that it can be registered as ‘valid’ and considered by the Planning Service.

The checklist will assist applicants and planning agents with the information required to be submitted with planning applications - above the current minimum mandatory guidance, which remains unchanged. It will benefit stakeholders including consultees, communities, and businesses in providing more clarity to the information needed with planning applications, at the start of the planning process.

Belfast City Council Planning Service has had a non-mandatory ‘Application Checklist’ in place since 2018. The draft Planning Application Validation Checklist is based on this and the learning they have gained from its operation.

Have your say

Complete the Planning Application Validation Checklist survey.

First published 6 December 2024