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

Procedure to facilitate preparation of environmental statements

9.—(1) An applicant who intends to submit an environmental statement to a council or, as the case may be, the Department may give notice in writing of that intention to the council or the Department.

(2) A notice under paragraph (1) shall include, or be accompanied by, the information necessary to identify the land and the nature and purpose of the development, and shall indicate the main environmental consequences to which the person giving notice proposes to refer in the environmental statement.

(3) Where the council—

(a) receives a notice under paragraph (1) or pursuant to regulation 8(18), (19)(a) or 15(4)(a); or

(b) confirms a determination pursuant to regulation 15(7),

it shall notify—

(i) any other council in the area in which the land to which the proposal relates is situated of the details of the proposed development; and

(ii) such other authorities likely to be concerned by the proposed development by reason of their specific environmental responsibilities or local or regional competences,

of the name and address of the applicant and of the duty imposed on them by regulation 10(1) to make information available to the applicant; and

(iii) inform the applicant in writing of the names and addresses of the bodies so notified.

(4) Where the Department—

(a) receives a notice under paragraph (1) or pursuant to regulation 8(18), (19)(a), 15(4)(a) or 16(5); or

(b) confirms a determination pursuant to regulation 15(7) or 16(8),

it shall notify—

(i) the council or councils in whose district the proposed development is to be situated of the details of the proposed development; and

(ii) such other authorities likely to be concerned by the proposed development by reason of their specific environmental responsibilities or local or regional competences,

of the name and address of the applicant and of the duty imposed on them by regulation 10(1) to make information available to the applicant; and

(iii) inform the applicant in writing of the names and addresses of the bodies so notified.