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

Publicity for environmental statements and decision making

39.—(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 date not less than 30 days from the date on which the notice is first published);

(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 and the latest date by which representations should be made (being a date not less than 30 days from the date on which the notice is first published); and

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

(2) Where an appeal is made to the Commission under section 143 in relation to an unauthorised EIA development, the functions conferred to on the council or on the Department by Part 6 shall be exercisable by the Commission in respect of that appeal.