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The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1

    1. 1.Citation, commencement and application

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Prohibition on granting planning permission or subsequent consent without consideration of environmental information

  3. PART 2

    1. 4.General provisions relating to screening

    2. 5.Requests for screening opinions of the local planning authority

    3. 6.Requests for screening directions of the Secretary of State

  4. PART 3

    1. 7.Applications which appear to require screening opinion

    2. 8.Subsequent applications where environmental information previously provided

    3. 9.Subsequent applications where environmental information not previously provided

    4. 10.Application made to a local planning authority without an environmental statement

    5. 11.Application referred to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement

    6. 12.Appeal to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement

  5. PART 4

    1. 13.Scoping opinions of the local planning authority

    2. 14.Scoping directions of the Secretary of State

    3. 15.Procedure to facilitate preparation of environmental statements

  6. PART 5

    1. 16.Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to a local planning authority

    2. 17.Publicity where an environmental statement is submitted after the planning application

    3. 18.Provision of copies of environmental statements and further information for the Secretary of State on referral or appeal

    4. 19.Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to the Secretary of State

    5. 20.Availability of copies of environmental statements

    6. 21.Charges for copies of environmental statements

    7. 22.Further information and evidence respecting environmental statements

  7. PART 6 etc

    1. 23.Availability of opinions, directions etc for inspection

    2. 24.Duties to inform the public and the Secretary of State of final decisions

  8. PART 7

    1. 25.Modifications where application by a local planning authority

    2. 26.Screening opinions and directions

  9. PART 8

    1. 27.Old simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise orders

    2. 28.New simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise zone orders

    3. 29.Local development orders

  10. PART 9

    1. 30.Interpretation

    2. 31.Prohibition on the grant of planning permission for unauthorised EIA development

    3. 32.Screening opinions of the local planning authority

    4. 33.Screening directions of the Secretary of State

    5. 34.Provision of information

    6. 35.Appeal to the Secretary of State without a screening opinion or screening direction

    7. 36.Appeal to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement

    8. 37.Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to the Secretary of State

    9. 38.Further information and evidence respecting environmental statements

    10. 39.Publicity for environmental statements or further information

    11. 40.Public inspection of documents

    12. 41.Significant transboundary effects

  11. PART 10

    1. 42.General application of the Regulations to ROMP applications

    2. 43.Modification of provisions on prohibition of granting planning permission or subsequent consent

    3. 44.Modification of provisions on application to local planning authority without an environmental statement

    4. 45.Disapplication of Regulations and modifications of provisions on application referred to or appealed to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement

    5. 46.Substitution of references to section 78 right of appeal and modification of provisions on appeal to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement

    6. 47.Modification of provisions on preparation, publicity and procedures on submission of environmental statements

    7. 48.Modification of provisions on application to the High Court and giving of directions

    8. 49.Suspension of minerals development

    9. 50.Determination of conditions and right of appeal on non-determination

    10. 51.ROMP application by a mineral planning authority

    11. 52.ROMP applications: duty to make a prohibition order after two years suspension of permission

  12. PART 11

    1. 53.Development in England likely to have significant effects in another EEA State

    2. 54.Projects in another EEA State likely to have significant transboundary effects

  13. PART 12

    1. 55.Projects serving national defence purposes in Scotland

    2. 56.Projects serving national defence purposes in Wales

    3. 57.Projects serving national defence purposes in Northern Ireland

  14. PART 13

    1. 58.Service of notices etc

    2. 59.Application to the High Court

    3. 60.Hazardous waste and material change of use

    4. 61.Extension of the period for an authority’s decision on a planning application

    5. 62.Extension of the power to provide in a development order for the giving of directions as respects the manner in which planning applications are dealt with

    6. 63.Application to the Crown

    7. 64.Review

    8. 65.Revocation of statutory instruments and transitional provisions

    9. 66.Consequential amendments

  15. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Descriptions of development for the purposes of the definition of “Schedule 1 development”

      1. Interpretation

      2. Descriptions of development

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Descriptions of development and applicable thresholds and criteria for the purposes of the definition of “Schedule 2 development”

      1. 1.In the table below— “area of the works” includes any...

      2. 2.The table below sets out the descriptions of development and...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Selection criteria for screening Schedule 2 development

      1. 1.Characteristics of development

      2. 2.Location of development

      3. 3.Characteristics of the potential impact

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Information for inclusion in environmental statements

      1. PART 1

        1. 1.Description of the development, including in particular—

        2. 2.An outline of the main alternatives studied by the applicant...

        3. 3.A description of the aspects of the environment likely to...

        4. 4.A description of the likely significant effects of the development...

        5. 5.A description of the measures envisaged to prevent, reduce and...

        6. 6.A non-technical summary of the information provided under paragraphs 1...

        7. 7.An indication of any difficulties (technical deficiencies or lack of...

      2. PART 2

        1. 1.A description of the development comprising information on the site,...

        2. 2.A description of the measures envisaged in order to avoid,...

        3. 3.The data required to identify and assess the main effects...

        4. 4.An outline of the main alternatives studied by the applicant...

        5. 5.A non-technical summary of the information provided under paragraphs 1...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Statutory instruments revoked

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      Consequential amendments

      1. 1.The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995

      2. 2.In article 3(10), for “the Town and Country Planning (Environmental...

      3. 3.In article 3(11) for “regulation 4(7)” substitute “regulation 4(8)”.

      4. 4.The Gas Transporter Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999

      5. 5.In regulation 2(1), for the definition of “the 1999 EIA...

      6. 6.In regulation 4(3), for “the 1999 EIA Regulations” (at both...

      7. 7.The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999

      8. 8.In regulation 3(1)(c)(ii), for “the Town and Country Planning (Environmental...

      9. 9.The Town and Country Planning (Major Infrastructure Project Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2005

      10. 10.In regulation 2(1), for the definition of “environmental statement”, substitute...

      11. 11.The Planning (National Security Directions and Appointed Representatives) (England) Rules 2006

      12. 12.In regulation 6(8), for the definition of “EIA application”, substitute...

      13. 13.Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) (No 2) Regulations 2006

      14. 14.In regulation 3(2)(b), for “the Town and Country Planning (Environmental...

      15. 15.The Environmental Impact Assessment and Natural Habitats (Extraction of Minerals by Marine Dredging) (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2007

      16. 16.In regulation 2(1), in the definition of “dredging”, for “the...

      17. 17.The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2010

      18. 18.In regulation 2(1), in the definition of “EIA development”, “environmental...

      19. 19.For regulation 25(2), substitute— (2) The Secretary of State may...

      20. 20.In regulation 34(13), for “the Town and Country Planning (Environmental...

  16. Explanatory Note

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