The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012

Publicity for environmental statements and decisions

31.—(1) Where the Commission receives a copy of an environmental statement, or a statement submitted by the appellant referred to as an environmental statement either of which is accompanied by further information and any other information, in connection with an enforcement appeal it shall publish by local advertisement a notice stating—

(a) the name of the appellant and that the appellant has appealed to the Commission against the enforcement notice;

(b) the address or location of the land to which the notice related and the nature of the development;

(c) sufficient information to enable any planning permission for the development to be identified;

(d) that a copy of the environmental statement and further information and any other information may be inspected by members of the public at all reasonable hours;

(e) an address in the locality at which the statement and further information and any other information may be inspected and the latest date it will be made available for inspection, being a period of 4 weeks from the date of the first publication of the notice;

(f) that any person wishing to make representations about any matter dealt with in the statement and further information and any other information should make them in writing, no later than 4 weeks after the date of the first publication of the notice; and

(g) the address to which such representations are to be sent.

(2) Where the Commission determines the ground (a) appeal it shall inform the Department of its decision and the provisions of regulation 21 (duty to inform the public of decisions) shall apply to any grant of planning permission under Article 71 as they apply to a grant of planning permission under Part 4 of the 1991 Order.