The Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Application for a screening decision

7.—(1) An application for a screening decision must—

(a)be made to the Department;

(b)contain a plan sufficient to identify the relevant land;

(c)contain a brief description of the nature, extent and purpose of the project and of its possible effects on the environment;

(d)contain any other information or representations as the applicant may wish to provide or make.

(2) If the Department considers that it does not have sufficient information to make a screening decision it may ask the applicant to supply any additional information it requires.

(3) The Department must notify the applicant of the date on which it received the application for a screening decision.