Control over development
Article 21 ‑ Assessment of environmental effects
Under EC Directive 85/337/EEC there is a requirement to make regulations which set out the classes of development for which an environmental assessment may be required. This requirement was implemented by the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999. This Article makes specific primary provision to allow new regulations to go beyond the environmental assessment provisions of the Directive. For example, in England and Wales, the regulations were extended to include wind generators, motorway service areas and coastal protection works in the classes of development for which an environmental assessment may be required.
