The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

Subsequent application where environmental information not previously provided

14.—(1) Where it appears to the council or, as the case may be, the Department that—

(a) an application—

(i) is a subsequent application in relation to Schedule 1 development or Schedule 2 development;

(ii) has not itself been the subject of a screening determination as to whether the development is or is not EIA development; and

(iii) is not accompanied by a statement referred to by the applicant as an environmental statement for the purposes of these Regulations; and

(b) the original application was not accompanied by a statement referred to by the applicant as an environmental statement for the purposes of these Regulations,

the council or, as the case may be, the Department shall make a screening determination as to whether the development to which the application relates is EIA development, and paragraphs (7), (8), (9), (10), (11), (14) and (15) of regulation 8 shall apply as if receipt of the application were a request made under paragraph (1)(a) of regulation 8.

(2) Where regulation 8(11) applies by virtue of this regulation, the council or, as the case may be, the Department shall, where necessary to ensure that the application has provided the information referred to in regulation 8(6), make a request for additional information before issuing a screening determination.