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Regulation 2(1)
SCHEDULEMajor Developments
Description of development | Threshold or criterion |
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1. Schedule 1 development
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Development of a description mentioned in Schedule 1 to the Environmental Impact Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1999() (other than exempt development within the meaning of those Regulations). | All development. |
2. Housing
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Construction of buildings, structures or erections for use as residential accommodation. | (a)The development comprises 50 or more dwellings; or
(b)The area of the site is or exceeds 2 hectares.
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3. Business & General Industry, Storage and Distribution
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Construction of a building, structure or other erection for use for any of the following purposes–
(b) for research and development of products or processes;
(c) for any industrial process; or
(d) for use for storage or as a distribution centre.
| (a)The gross floor space of the building, structure or other erection is or exceeds 10,000 square metres; or
(b)The area of the site is or exceeds 2 hectares.
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4. Electricity Generation
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Construction of an electricity generating station. | The capacity of the generating station is or exceeds 20 megawatts. |
5. Waste Management Facilities
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Construction of facilities for use for the purpose of waste management or disposal. | The capacity of the facility is or exceeds 25,000 tonnes per annum.
In relation to facilities for use for the purpose of sludge treatment, a capacity to treat more than 50 tonnes (wet weight) per day of residual sludge.
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6. Transport and infrastructure projects
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Construction of new or replacement roads, railways, tramways, waterways, aqueducts or pipelines. | The length of the road, railway, tramway, waterway, aqueduct or pipeline exceeds 8 kilometres. |
7. Fish Farming
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The placing or assembly of equipment for the purpose of fish farming within the meaning of section 26(6) of the Act. | The surface area of water covered is or exceeds 2 hectares. |
8. Minerals
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Extraction of minerals. | The area of the site is or exceeds 2 hectares. |
9. Other Development
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Any development not falling wholly within any single class of development described in paragraphs 1 to 8 above. | (a)The gross floor space of any building, structure or erection constructed as a result of such development is or exceeds 5,000 square metres; or
(b)The area of the site is or exceeds 2 hectares.
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