The Agriculture, Land Drainage and Irrigation Projects (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017

Thresholds for agriculture – restructuring projects

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9.—(1) The method for determining whether the extent of a project for the restructuring of rural land holdings is equal to or exceeds the threshold applicable to it shall be determined in accordance with this regulation.

(2) Where a project consists of only one of the types of project specified in column 1 of the table in schedule 1, the threshold applicable to it is that specified for that type of project in column 2 of the table in that schedule.

(3) Where a project is made up of more than one of the types of project specified in column 1—

(a)each relevant part of the project must be assessed so as to determine the threshold applicable to that part; and

(b)if any relevant part of the project equals or exceeds the threshold applicable to that part, then the entire project is to be treated as having an extent equal to or exceeding the threshold applicable to it.