Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017

Made under

Planning Act 2008, Part 3

Enforced by

Environment Agency, Planning Inspectorate, DEFRA

Status

Amended (in force with amendments)

Penalty ceiling

Prosecution 2 of 28 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 26 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Plus 16 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

Help complying

Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.

Connected legislation

The wider family of instruments made under the same parent Act.

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.