Amendments to Schedule 1 to the 2009 Regulations
4.—(1) Schedule 1 to the 2009 Regulations (development that always requires an assessment) is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph 16 substitute—
“16. Pipelines with a diameter of more than 800 millimetres and a length of more than 40 kilometres:
–for the transport of gas, oil, chemicals, or
–for the transport of carbon dioxide streams for the purposes of geological storage, including associated booster stations.”
(3) For paragraphs 20 and 21 substitute—
“20. Construction of overhead electrical power lines with a voltage of 220 kilovolts or more and a length of more than 15 kilometres.
21. Installations for storage of petroleum, petrochemical or chemical products with a capacity of 200,000 tonnes or more.
22. Any change to or extension of development listed in this Schedule where such a change or extension itself meets the thresholds, if any, or description of development set out in this Schedule.
23. Storage sites pursuant to Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide(1).
24. Installations for the capture of carbon dioxide streams for the purposes of geological storage pursuant to Directive 2009/31/EC from installations covered by this Schedule, or where the total yearly capture of carbon dioxide is 1.5 megatonnes or more.”
O.J. No. L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 114.