Scottish Statutory Instrument
2011
Scotland
The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2011
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What this Act requires
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Part 1 — INTRODUCTORY
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Interpretation
Prohibition on granting planning permission without an environmental impact assessment
Environmental impact assessment
Consideration of environmental information when determining an application for multi stage consent
Part 2 — SCREENING
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General provisions relating to screening
Requests for screening opinions of the planning authority
Requests for screening directions of the Scottish Ministers
Part 3 — PROCEDURES CONCERNING APPLICATIONS FOR PLANNING PERMISSION
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Application or request to review made to a planning authority without an environmental statement
EIA application made to a planning authority without an environmental statement
Application or Appeal to the Scottish Ministers without an environmental statement
EIA application referred to the Scottish Ministers without an environmental statement
Appeal to the Scottish Ministers without an environmental statement
Review by the planning authority of an application without an environmental statement
Part 4 — PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENTS
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Scoping opinions of the planning authority
Scoping directions of the Scottish Ministers
Procedure to facilitate preparation of environmental statements
Part 5 — PUBLICITY AND PROCEDURES ON SUBMISSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENTS
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Notification of environmental statement
Publication of environmental statement
Consultation where environmental statement received by planning authority
Copies of environmental statement for the Scottish Ministers
Consultation where environmental statement received by the Scottish Ministers
Copies of environmental statement for the public
Part 6 — ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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Additional information and evidence relating to environmental statements
Publication of additional information
Part 7 — AVAILABILITY OF DIRECTIONS ETC. AND NOTIFICATION OF DECISIONS
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Availability of opinions, directions etc. for inspection
Duties to inform the public and the Scottish Ministers of final decisions
Part 8 — APPLICATIONS FOR MULTI-STAGE CONSENT
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Requests for screening opinions and screening directions
Application for multi-stage consent without environmental statement
Application for multi-stage consent referred or appealed to the Scottish Ministers without an environmental statement
Modification of regulations relating to application for multi-stage consent
Application for multi-stage consent – simplified planning scheme, enterprise zone scheme and ROMP condition
Part 9 — SPECIAL CASES
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Simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise zone orders
ROMP applications
Applications for permission under section 242A
Marine fish farming
Part 10 — DEVELOPMENT WITH SIGNIFICANT TRANSBOUNDARY EFFECTS
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Development in Scotland likely to have significant effects in an EEA State other than the United Kingdom
Projects in another EEA State likely to have significant transboundary effects
Part 11 — MISCELLANEOUS
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Electronic communications – general
Electronic communications – deemed agreement
Withdrawal of consent to use of electronic communications
Service of notices etc.
Application to the Court of Session
Hazardous waste and material change of use
Extension of the period for an authority's decision on a planning application
Directions as to whether development is EIA development
Access to review procedure before a court
Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Scotland) Order 1992
Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure (Scotland) Regulations 2008
Revocation and savings
Schedules
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Crude–oil refineries (excluding undertakings manufacturing only lubricants from crude–oil) and...
Waste disposal installations for the incineration or chemical treatment (as...
Groundwater abstraction or artificial groundwater recharge schemes where the annual...
(1) Works for the transfer of water resources, other than...
Waste water treatment plants with a capacity exceeding 150,000 population...
Extraction of petroleum and natural gas for commercial purposes where...
Dams and other installations designed for the holding back or...
Pipelines with a diameter of more than 800 millimetres and a...
Installations for the intensive rearing of poultry or pigs with...
Industrial plants for— (a) the production of pulp from timber...
Quarries and open–cast mining where the surface of the site...
(1) Thermal power stations and other combustion installations with a...
Installations for storage of petroleum, petrochemical or chemical products with...
Storage sites pursuant to the CCS Directive.
Installations for the capture of carbon dioxide streams for the...
Any change to or extension of development listed in this...
(1) Installations for the reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuel.
(1) Integrated works for the initial smelting of cast–iron and...
Installations for the extraction of asbestos and for the processing...
Integrated chemical installations, that is to say, installations for the...
(1) Construction of lines for long–distance railway traffic and of...
(1) Inland waterways and ports for inland–waterway traffic which permit...
Waste disposal installations for the incineration, chemical treatment (as defined...
In the table below— “area of the works” includes any...
The table below sets out the descriptions of development and...
Characteristics of development
Location of development
Characteristics of the potential impact
A non–technical summary of the information provided under paragraphs 1 to 5...
An indication of any difficulties (technical deficiencies or lack of...
Other sections — not classified into a Part
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Description of the development, including in particular—
An outline of the main alternatives studied by the applicant...
A description of the aspects of the environment likely to...
A description of the likely significant effects of the development...
A description of the measures envisaged to prevent, reduce and...
Interpretation
Descriptions of development
Official guidance
Authoritative sources published by regulators or government explaining this legislation.
- Environmental Impact Assessment | NatureScot (opens in a new tab) from NatureScot Detailed Guidance
- Environmental assessment - Scottish Government (opens in a new tab) Detailed Guidance
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