Debate contribution: Planning Appeals Commission: Consistency

Debate contribution by Miss Michelle McIlveen on 24 March 2025.

MLA: Miss Michelle McIlveen
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 24 March 2025
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Planning Appeals Commission: Consistency
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 4864958

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I thank the Minister for her answer. As the Minister will know, following the ABO Wind NI Ltd case, if a PAC decision is not challenged by way of judicial review, it must be accepted or respected by local planning authorities. That places a potentially huge financial and time burden on those authorities. Will the Minister raise that issue with her counterpart in Justice in order to accommodate a review mechanism in the PAC that would improve decision-making and allow for more consistent and robust decisions?

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 1155/22-27.

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