(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/571) and the Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulation 2017 (S.I. 2017/572) to correct minor drafting defects identified in those instruments.
Additionally, these Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/595), and the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/596) to correct the effect of minor defects in the amendments made by S.I. 2017/571.
These Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/403) to refer to provisions of S.I. 2017/571 instead of to the now-revoked provisions of S.I. 2011/1824.
These Regulations also insert new Regulations 33A and 33B into S.I. 2017/571 to make provision where, in relation to Schedule 1 development or Schedule 2 development, a local planning authority (under section 97 or 102 of, or paragraph 1 of Schedule 9, to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) or the Secretary of State (under section 98(6), 103(2), 141(2), 100(1) or 104(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) proposes to grant or modify a planning permission.
These Regulations were notified to the European Commission in accordance with Article 2 of Directive 2014/52/EU(1).
It is normal practice to make available to Parliament, alongside primary or secondary legislation giving effect to European Directives, a Transposition Note that sets out how the Government will transpose the main elements of those Directives into UK law. The Transposition Notes which accompanied the Explanatory Memoranda to S.I. 2017/571 and 2017/572 are available from legislation.gov.uk.
A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.
OJ No. L 124, 25.4.2014, p. 1.