The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017
What this means for your business
- Applies to
- Scotland
Practical guidance
Our guides explain how to comply with the requirements above.
Sections and provisions
41 classified provisions from this legislation (66 total sections).
Duties 18
- s.3 Prohibition on granting planning permission without an environmental impact assessment
- s.4 Environmental impact assessment
- s.5 Environmental Impact Assessment Report measures envisaged in order
- s.10 Requests for screening directions of the Scottish Ministers representations the developer wishes
- s.12 EIA application made to a planning authority without an EIA report
- s.14 EIA application referred to the Scottish Ministers without an EIA report
- s.15 Appeal to the Scottish Ministers without an EIA report
- s.16 Review by the planning authority of an application without an EIA report
- s.17 Scoping opinions of the planning authority
- s.18 Scoping directions of the Scottish Ministers The Scottish Ministers
- s.23 Copy of EIA report for the Scottish Ministers
- s.25 Availability of copies of EIA report the developer
- s.26 Supplementary information and evidence relating to EIA reports
- s.28 Availability of opinions, directions etc. for inspection
- s.30 Monitoring measures
- s.32 Prohibition on granting an application for multi-stage consent without an environmental impact assessment
- s.35 Application for multi-stage consent referred or appealed to the Scottish Ministers without an EIA report the Scottish Ministers
- s.45 Withdrawal of consent to use of electronic communications address notified
Definitions 7
- s.2 Interpretation the Act additional information application for multi-stage consent
- s.20 Notification of EIA report
- s.29 Decision notice mitigation measures monitoring measures planning obligation
- s.43 Electronic communications – general legible in all material respects working day
- s.57 Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure (Scotland) Regulations 2013
- s.58 Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (Appeals) (Scotland) Regulations 2013
- s.59 Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (Schemes of Delegation and Local Review Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2013
Exemptions 5
- s.6 EIA Development
- s.9 Screening opinions – time period for decision
- s.19 Procedure to facilitate preparation of EIA reports
- s.27 Publication of additional information
- Schedule 2 DESCRIPTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICABLE THRESHOLDS AND CRITERIA FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE DEFINITION OF “SCHEDULE 2 DEVELOPMENT”