UK Statutory Instrument
1999
United Kingdom
The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999
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Part I — GENERAL
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Part II — SCREENING
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Part III — PROCEDURES CONCERNING APPLICATIONS FOR PLANNING PERMISSION
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Part IV — PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENTS
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Part V — PUBLICITY AND PROCEDURES ON SUBMISSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENTS
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Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to a local planning authority
Publicity where an environmental statement is submitted after the planning application
Provision of copies of environmental statements and further information for the Secretary of State on referral or appeal
Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to the Secretary of State
Availability of copies of environmental statements
Charges for copies of environmental statements
Further information and evidence respecting environmental statements
Part VI — AVAILABILITY OF DIRECTIONS ETC. AND NOTIFICATION OF DECISIONS
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Part VII — SPECIAL CASES
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Development by a local planning authority
Restriction of grant of permission by old simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise zone orders
Restriction of grant of permission by new simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise zone orders
Unauthorised development
Unauthorised development with significant transboundary effects
Part VIII — DEVELOPMENT WITH SIGNIFICANT TRANSBOUNDARY EFFECTS
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Part IX — MISCELLANEOUS
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Service of notices etc.
Application to the High Court
Hazardous waste and material change of use
Extension of the period for an authority’s decision on a planning application
Extension of the power to provide in a development order for the giving of directions as respects the manner in which planning applications are dealt with
Revocation of Statutory Instruments and transitional provisions
Miscellaneous and consequential amendments
Schedules
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DESCRIPTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE DEFINITION OF “SCHEDULE 1 DEVELOPMENT"
Waste disposal installations for the incineration or chemical treatment (as...
Goundwater abstraction or artificial groundwater recharge schemes where the annual...
(a) 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 for the transport of gas, oil or chemicals with...
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...
Descriptions of development
Descriptions of development
(a) Thermal power stations and other combustion installations with a...
Installations for storage of petroleum, petrochemical or chemical products with...
(a) Installations for the reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuel.
(a) 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...
(a) Construction of lines for long-distance railway traffic and of...
(a) Inland waterways and ports for inland-waterway traffic which permit...
Waste disposal installations for the incineration, chemical treatment (as defined...
DESCRIPTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICABLE THRESHOLDS AND CRITERIA FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE DEFINITION OF “SCHEDULE 2 DEVELOPMENT"
In the table below— “area of the works” includes any...
The table below sets out the descriptions of development and...
SELECTION CRITERIA FOR SCREENING SCHEDULE 2 DEVELOPMENT
Characteristics of development
Location of development
Characteristics of the potential impact
INFORMATION FOR INCLUSION IN ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENTS
A non-technical summary of the information provided under paragraphs 1...
An indication of any difficulties (technical deficiences or lack of...
STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS REVOKED
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Citation, commencement and application
Interpretation
Prohibition on granting planning permission without consideration of environmental information
General provisions relating to screening
Requests for screening opinions of the local planning authority
Requests for screening directions of the Secretary of State
Application made to a local planning authority without an environmental statement
Application referred to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement
Appeal to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement
Scoping opinions of the local planning authority
Scoping directions of the Secretary of State
Procedure to facilitate preparation of environmental statements
Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to a local planning authority
Publicity where an environmental statement is submitted after the planning application
Provision of copies of environmental statements and further information for the Secretary of State on referral or appeal
Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to the Secretary of State
Availability of copies of environmental statements
Charges for copies of environmental statements
Further information and evidence respecting environmental statements
Availability of opinions, directions etc. for inspection
Duties to inform the public and the Secretary of State of final decisions
Development by a local planning authority
Restriction of grant of permission by old simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise zone orders
Restriction of grant of permission by new simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise zone orders
Unauthorised development
Unauthorised development with significant transboundary effects
Development in England and Wales likely to have significant effects in another Member State
Projects in another Member State likely to have significant transboundary effects
Service of notices etc.
Application to the High Court
Hazardous waste and material change of use
Extension of the period for an authority’s decision on a planning application
Extension of the power to provide in a development order for the giving of directions as respects the manner in which planning applications are dealt with
Revocation of Statutory Instruments and transitional provisions
Miscellaneous and consequential amendments
Enforcement and responsible bodies
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Environment Agency
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Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
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