Media Operational Notice

Concurrent Meeting of the Committee for Infrastructure, the Committee for Communities, and the Committee for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to discuss Shaping Sustainable Places

The  Committees will receive an oral briefing on the joint working in relation to Shaping Sustainable Places from officials from the Department for Communities (DfC), the Department for Infrastructure (DfI), and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA). 

The Shaping Sustainable Places programme of work is a proposed long-term, cross-departmental programme of regeneration aimed at revitalising village, town and city centres across Northern Ireland.

The programme focuses on a place-based approach to delivering sustainable economic, social and environmental outcomes, with an emphasis on community engagement and targeted physical and infrastructure interventions.

Date: Thursday 21 May 2026
Time: 10:00 am
Venue: Senate Chamber, Parliament Buildings, Stormont

Watch: Home - Northern Ireland Assembly TV (niassembly.tv)

Witnesses:

• Mr Paul McNaught, Department for Communities
• Ms Rosheen Thompson, Department for Communities
• Mr Jason Foy, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
• Mr Colin Hutchinson, Department for Infrastructure

For media enquiries, please contact robbie.best@niassembly.gov.uk   / 07483 174 781.

Please see the Business Diary for more details.

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