Statutory Advisory Councils

Planning and Natural Resources Division are responsible for the reconstitution and administration of the three department’s Statutory Advisory Councils (SACs). The three Councils are as follows:

• Council for Nature Conservation and the Countryside (CNCC) - to advise the Department of the Environment on matters affecting the countryside of Northern Ireland and on nature conservation issues.
• Historic Buildings Council (HBC) - to advise the Department of the Environment on matters relating to the preservation of buildings of special architectural or historic interest.
• Historic Monuments Council (HMC) - to advise the Department of the Environment on matters relating to the protection, preservation, conservation and investigation of historic monuments; archaeological sites, landscapes, their settings and archaeological objects.