UK Statutory Instrument
2011
United Kingdom
The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011
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Part 1 — General
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Part 2 — Screening
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Part 3 — Procedures Concerning Applications for Planning Permission
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Applications which appear to require screening opinion
Subsequent applications where environmental information previously provided
Subsequent applications where environmental information not previously provided
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
Applications made directly to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement
Part 4 — Preparation of Environmental Statements
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Part 5 — 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 6 — Availability of Directions etc and Notification of Decisions
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Part 7 — Development By a Local Planning Authority
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Part 8 — Restrictions of Grants of Permission
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Old simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise orders
New simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise zone orders
Local development orders
Neighbourhood development orders
Part 9 — Unauthorised Development
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Interpretation
Prohibition on the grant of planning permission for unauthorised EIA development
Screening opinions of the local planning authority
Screening directions of the Secretary of State
Provision of information
Appeal to the Secretary of State without a screening opinion or screening direction
Appeal to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement
Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to the Secretary of State
Further information and evidence respecting environmental statements
Publicity for environmental statements or further information
Public inspection of documents
Significant transboundary effects
Part 10 — ROMP Applications
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General application of the Regulations to ROMP applications
Modification of provisions on prohibition of granting planning permission or subsequent consent
Modification of provisions on application to local planning authority without an environmental statement
Disapplication of Regulations and modifications of provisions on application referred to or appealed to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement
Substitution of references to section 78 right of appeal and modification of provisions on appeal to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement
Modification of provisions on preparation, publicity and procedures on submission of environmental statements
Modification of provisions on application to the High Court and giving of directions
Suspension of minerals development
Determination of conditions and right of appeal on non-determination
ROMP application by a mineral planning authority
ROMP applications: duty to make a prohibition order after two years suspension of permission
Part 11 — Development with Significant Transboundary Effects
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Part 12 — Projects serving national defence purposes
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Part 13 — 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
Application to the Crown
Review
Revocation of statutory instruments and transitional provisions
Consequential amendments
Schedules
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Descriptions of development for the purposes of the definition of “Schedule 1 development”
Crude-oil refineries (excluding undertakings manufacturing only lubricants from crude oil)...
Waste disposal installations for the incineration or chemical treatment (as...
Groundwater 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 with a diameter of more than 800 millimetres and...
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...
(a) Thermal power stations and other combustion installations with a...
Installations for storage of petroleum, petrochemical or chemical products with...
Any change to or extension of development listed in this...
Storage sites pursuant to Directive 2009/31/ EC of the European...
Installations for the capture of carbon dioxide streams for the...
(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 ”...
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 deficiencies or lack of...
Statutory instruments revoked
Consequential amendments
The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995
In regulation 2(1), for the definition of “environmental statement”, substitute...
The Planning (National Security Directions and Appointed Representatives) (England) Rules 2006
In regulation 6(8), for the definition of “ EIA application”,...
Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) (No 2) Regulations 2006
In regulation 3(2)(b), for “the Town and Country Planning (Environmental...
The Environmental Impact Assessment and Natural Habitats (Extraction of Minerals by Marine Dredging) (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2007
In regulation 2(1), in the definition of “dredging”, for “the...
The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2010
In regulation 2(1), in the definition of “ EIA development”,...
For regulation 25(2), substitute— (2) The Secretary of State may...
In article 3(10), for “the Town and Country Planning (Environmental...
In regulation 34(13), for “the Town and Country Planning (Environmental...
In article 3(11) for “regulation 4(7)” substitute “ regulation 4(8)...
The Gas Transporter Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999
In regulation 2(1), for the definition of “the 1999 EIA...
In regulation 4(3), for “the 1999 EIA Regulations” (at both...
The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999
In regulation 3(1)(c)(ii), for “the Town and Country Planning (Environmental...
The Town and Country Planning (Major Infrastructure Project Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2005
Other sections — not classified into a Part
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Citation, commencement and application
Interpretation
Prohibition on granting planning permission or subsequent consent 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
Applications which appear to require screening opinion
Subsequent applications where environmental information previously provided
Subsequent applications where environmental information not previously provided
Application made to a local planning authority without an environmental statement
Applications made directly to the Secretary of State 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
Modifications where application by a local planning authority
Screening opinions and directions
Old simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise orders
New simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise zone orders
Local development orders
Neighbourhood development orders
Interpretation
Prohibition on the grant of planning permission for unauthorised EIA development
Screening opinions of the local planning authority
Screening directions of the Secretary of State
Provision of information
Appeal to the Secretary of State without a screening opinion or screening direction
Appeal to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement
Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to the Secretary of State
Further information and evidence respecting environmental statements
Publicity for environmental statements or further information
Public inspection of documents
Significant transboundary effects
General application of the Regulations to ROMP applications
Modification of provisions on prohibition of granting planning permission or subsequent consent
Modification of provisions on application to local planning authority without an environmental statement
Disapplication of Regulations and modifications of provisions on application referred to or appealed to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement
Substitution of references to section 78 right of appeal and modification of provisions on appeal to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement
Modification of provisions on preparation, publicity and procedures on submission of environmental statements
Modification of provisions on application to the High Court and giving of directions
Suspension of minerals development
Determination of conditions and right of appeal on non-determination
ROMP application by a mineral planning authority
ROMP applications: duty to make a prohibition order after two years suspension of permission
Development in England likely to have significant effects in another EEA State
Projects in another EEA State likely to have significant transboundary effects
Projects serving national defence purposes in Scotland
Projects serving national defence purposes in Wales
Projects serving national defence purposes in Northern Ireland
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
Application to the Crown
Review
Revocation of statutory instruments and transitional provisions
Consequential amendments
Enforcement and responsible bodies
The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.
Environment Agency
PrimaryEnvironmental protection in England. Regulates waste, emissions, water quality, flood risk, and environmental permits for industrial activities. Enforces environmental law and issues …
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Government department responsible for environmental protection, food production and standards, agriculture, fisheries, and rural communities. Sets environmental policy and works with agencies …
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