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PART 7NOTIFICATION OF DECISIONS

Notification of decision

23.—(1) Where an EIA application is determined by the Scottish Ministers they must—

(a)send the decision notice in respect of the application to the developer;

(b)send a copy of the decision notice to—

(i)the planning authority;

(ii)the other consultation bodies; and

(iii)such other public body consulted in accordance with regulation 16(2)(a)(ii); and

(c)publish a notice containing the information specified in paragraph (2) on a website.

(2) The information is—

(a)a description of the development;

(b)the terms of the decision;

(c)how a copy of the decision notice is available for inspection.

(3) The planning authority must, as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving notification of the decision under paragraph (1)(b)(i), make a copy of the decision notice available for public inspection—

(a)at an office of the planning authority where the register may be inspected; and

(b)on a website.

(4) The developer must, as soon as reasonably practicable after receiving notification of the decision under paragraph (1)(a), publish a notice containing the information specified in paragraph (2)—

(a)on the application website;

(b)in The Edinburgh Gazette; and

(c)in a newspaper circulating in the locality in which the proposed development is situated (or in relation to a proposed development situated in, on, over or under the sea, such newspaper as is likely to come to the attention of those likely to be affected by the proposed development).