The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017

Availability of opinions, directions etc for inspection

28.—(1) Where particulars of an application for planning permission or of a subsequent application are placed on Part 1 of the register, the relevant planning authority must take steps to secure that there is also placed on that Part a copy of any relevant—

(a) screening opinion;

(b) screening direction;

(c) scoping opinion;

(d) scoping direction;

(e) notification given under regulation 11(2), 12(5), 13(5) or 14(6);

(f) direction under regulation 63;

(g) environmental statement, including any further information and any other information; and

(h) statement of reasons accompanying any of the above.

(2) Where the relevant planning authority adopts a screening opinion or scoping opinion, or receives a request under regulation 15(1) or 16(1), a copy of a screening direction, scoping direction, or direction under regulation 63 before an application is made for planning permission or subsequent consent for the development in question, the relevant planning authority must take steps to secure that a copy of the opinion, request, or direction and any accompanying statement of reasons is made available for public inspection at all reasonable hours at the place where the appropriate register (or relevant part of that register) is kept, and copies of those documents must remain so available for a period of 2 years.