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

Statutory Instruments

2011 No. 1824

Town And Country Planning

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

Made

19th July 2011

Laid before Parliament

26th July 2011

Coming into force

24 August 2011

The Secretary of State being designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to measures relating to the environment, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section, section 71A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990(3), and having taken into account the selection criteria in Annex III to Council Directive 85/337/EEC(4) as amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC(5), makes the following Regulations:

(3)

1990 c. 8. Section 71A was inserted by section 15 of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34).

(4)

O.J. No. L 175, 5.7.1985, p. 40. Council Directive 85/337/EEC was amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC, O.J. No. L 73, 14.3.1997, p. 5; Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, O.J. No. L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 17; and Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, O.J. No. L. 140, 5.6.2009, p. 114.

(5)

O.J. No. L 73, 14.3.1997, p. 5.