Scottish Statutory Instrument 2011 Scotland

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

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Part 1 — INTRODUCTORY

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s.001

Citation and commencement

s.002

Interpretation

s.003

Prohibition on granting planning permission without an environmental impact assessment

s.003

Environmental impact assessment

s.004

Consideration of environmental information when determining an application for multi stage consent

Part 2 — SCREENING

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s.005

General provisions relating to screening

s.006

Requests for screening opinions of the planning authority

s.007

Requests for screening directions of the Scottish Ministers

Part 3 — PROCEDURES CONCERNING APPLICATIONS FOR PLANNING PERMISSION

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s.008

Application or request to review made to a planning authority without an environmental statement

s.009

EIA application made to a planning authority without an environmental statement

s.010

Application or Appeal to the Scottish Ministers without an environmental statement

s.011

EIA application referred to the Scottish Ministers without an environmental statement

s.012

Appeal to the Scottish Ministers without an environmental statement

s.013

Review by the planning authority of an application without an environmental statement

Part 4 — PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENTS

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s.014

Scoping opinions of the planning authority

s.015

Scoping directions of the Scottish Ministers

s.016

Procedure to facilitate preparation of environmental statements

Part 5 — PUBLICITY AND PROCEDURES ON SUBMISSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENTS

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s.017

Notification of environmental statement

s.018

Publication of environmental statement

s.019

Consultation where environmental statement received by planning authority

s.020

Copies of environmental statement for the Scottish Ministers

s.021

Consultation where environmental statement received by the Scottish Ministers

s.022

Copies of environmental statement for the public

Part 6 — ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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s.023

Additional information and evidence relating to environmental statements

s.024

Publication of additional information

Part 7 — AVAILABILITY OF DIRECTIONS ETC. AND NOTIFICATION OF DECISIONS

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s.025

Availability of opinions, directions etc. for inspection

s.026

Duties to inform the public and the Scottish Ministers of final decisions

Part 8 — APPLICATIONS FOR MULTI-STAGE CONSENT

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s.027

Requests for screening opinions and screening directions

s.028

Application for multi-stage consent without environmental statement

s.029

Application for multi-stage consent referred or appealed to the Scottish Ministers without an environmental statement

s.030

Modification of regulations relating to application for multi-stage consent

s.031

Application for multi-stage consent – simplified planning scheme, enterprise zone scheme and ROMP condition

Part 9 — SPECIAL CASES

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s.032

Simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise zone orders

s.033

ROMP applications

s.034

Applications for permission under section 242A

s.035

Marine fish farming

Part 10 — DEVELOPMENT WITH SIGNIFICANT TRANSBOUNDARY EFFECTS

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s.036

Development in Scotland likely to have significant effects in an EEA State other than the United Kingdom

s.037

Projects in another EEA State likely to have significant transboundary effects

Part 11 — MISCELLANEOUS

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s.038

Electronic communications – general

s.039

Electronic communications – deemed agreement

s.040

Withdrawal of consent to use of electronic communications

s.041

Service of notices etc.

s.042

Application to the Court of Session

s.043

Hazardous waste and material change of use

s.044

Extension of the period for an authority's decision on a planning application

s.045

Directions as to whether development is EIA development

s.046

Access to review procedure before a court

s.047

Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992

s.048

Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure (Scotland) Regulations 2008

s.049

Revocation and savings

Schedules

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s.sch001

Crude–oil refineries (excluding undertakings manufacturing only lubricants from crude–oil) and...

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Waste disposal installations for the incineration or chemical treatment (as...

s.sch001

Groundwater abstraction or artificial groundwater recharge schemes where the annual...

s.sch001

(1) Works for the transfer of water resources, other than...

s.sch001

Waste water treatment plants with a capacity exceeding 150,000 population...

s.sch001

Extraction of petroleum and natural gas for commercial purposes where...

s.sch001

Dams and other installations designed for the holding back or...

s.sch001

Pipelines with a diameter of more than 800 millimetres and a...

s.sch001

Installations for the intensive rearing of poultry or pigs with...

s.sch001

Industrial plants for— (a) the production of pulp from timber...

s.sch001

Quarries and open–cast mining where the surface of the site...

s.sch001

(1) Thermal power stations and other combustion installations with a...

s.sch001

Installations for storage of petroleum, petrochemical or chemical products with...

s.sch001

Storage sites pursuant to the CCS Directive.

s.sch001

Installations for the capture of carbon dioxide streams for the...

s.sch001

Any change to or extension of development listed in this...

s.sch001

(1) Installations for the reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuel.

s.sch001

(1) Integrated works for the initial smelting of cast–iron and...

s.sch001

Installations for the extraction of asbestos and for the processing...

s.sch001

Integrated chemical installations, that is to say, installations for the...

s.sch001

(1) Construction of lines for long–distance railway traffic and of...

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(1) Inland waterways and ports for inland–waterway traffic which permit...

s.sch001

Waste disposal installations for the incineration, chemical treatment (as defined...

s.sch002

In the table below— “area of the works” includes any...

s.sch002

The table below sets out the descriptions of development and...

s.sch003

Characteristics of development

s.sch003

Location of development

s.sch003

Characteristics of the potential impact

s.sch004

A non–technical summary of the information provided under paragraphs 1 to 5...

s.sch004

An indication of any difficulties (technical deficiencies or lack of...

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