Town and country planning in Northern Ireland
Urban planning in England
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Town and country planning in Northern Ireland is the land-use planning which applies to Northern Ireland. Planning policy is devolved in the United Kingdom, with policy for Northern Ireland under the overall control of the Northern Ireland Assembly. The principal piece of legislation is the Planning Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.
Background
Until devolution took place after 1997, the planning system in the United Kingdom was unitary. It was separately legislated by the UK Government for England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, but with only subtle differences.[1] The Northern Ireland Assembly and devolved governments in Wales and Scotland provided the potential for the systems to diverge, but it was not until after 2011 that the devolved systems started to noticeably diverge from England.[1]