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An opportunity to level up planning: a review of major planning processes in Northern Ireland

A new CBI NI report on harnessing the opportunity to reform the Northern Ireland planning system

27 Oct 2020, 4 min read

CBI NI’s new report, written in partnership with Jim MacKinnon CBE, the former Chief Planner in Scotland, examines the processes for major planning applications in Northern Ireland, with a particular emphasis on regionally strategic planning, and compares them with similar process throughout the UK and the Republic of Ireland.


Northern Ireland lags behind its neighbours in terms of long term thinking for strategic infrastructure, and planning has long been identified as a major obstacle to timely and efficient delivery. But the ongoing legislative review into

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