The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I GENERAL

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and application

   2. 2. Interpretation

   3. 3. Prohibition on granting planning permission without consideration of environmental information

3. PART II SCREENING

   1. 4. General provisions relating to screening

   2. 5. Requests for screening opinions of the local planning authority

   3. 6. Requests for screening directions of the Secretary of State

4. PART III PROCEDURES CONCERNING APPLICATIONS FOR PLANNING PERMISSION

   1. 7. Application made to a local planning authority without an environmental statement

   2. 8. Application referred to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement

   3. 9. Appeal to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement

5. PART IV PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENTS

   1. 10. Scoping opinions of the local planning authority

   2. 11. Scoping directions of the Secretary of State

   3. 12. Procedure to facilitate preparation of environmental statements

6. PART V PUBLICITY AND PROCEDURES ON SUBMISSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENTS

   1. 13. Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to a local planning authority

   2. 14. Publicity where an environmental statement is submitted after the planning application

   3. 15. Provision of copies of environmental statements and further information for the Secretary of State on referral or appeal

   4. 16. Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to the Secretary of State

   5. 17. Availability of copies of environmental statements

   6. 18. Charges for copies of environmental statements

   7. 19. Further information and evidence respecting environmental statements

7. PART VI AVAILABILITY OF DIRECTIONS ETC. AND NOTIFICATION OF DECISIONS

   1. 20. Availability of opinions, directions etc. for inspection

   2. 21. Duties to inform the public and the Secretary of State of final decisions

8. PART VII SPECIAL CASES

   1. 22. Development by a local planning authority

   2. 23. Restriction of grant of permission by old simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise zone orders

   3. 24. Restriction of grant of permission by new simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise zone orders

   4. 25. Unauthorised development

   5. 26. Unauthorised development with significant transboundary effects

9. PART VIII DEVELOPMENT WITH SIGNIFICANT TRANSBOUNDARY EFFECTS

   1. 27. Development in England and Wales likely to have significant effects in another Member State

   2. 28. Projects in another Member State likely to have significant transboundary effects

10. PART IX MISCELLANEOUS

    1. 29. Service of notices etc.

    2. 30. Application to the High Court

    3. 31. Hazardous waste and material change of use

    4. 32. Extension of the period for an authority’s decision on a planning application

    5. 33. 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

    6. 34. Revocation of Statutory Instruments and transitional provisions

    7. 35. Miscellaneous and consequential amendments

11. Signature

12. 1. SCHEDULE 1

       DESCRIPTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE DEFINITION OF “SCHEDULE 1 DEVELOPMENT"

       1. Interpretation

       2. Descriptions of development

       3. 1. Crude-oil refineries (excluding undertakings manufacturing only lubricants from crude oil)...

       4. 2. (a) Thermal power stations and other combustion installations with a...

       5. 3. (a) Installations for the reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuel.

       6. 4. (a) Integrated works for the initial smelting of cast-iron and...

       7. 5. Installations for the extraction of asbestos and for the processing...

       8. 6. Integrated chemical installations, that is to say, installations for the...

       9. 7. (a) Construction of lines for long-distance railway traffic and of...

       10. 8. (a) Inland waterways and ports for inland-waterway traffic which permit...

       11. 9. Waste disposal installations for the incineration, chemical treatment (as defined...

       12. 10. Waste disposal installations for the incineration or chemical treatment (as...

       13. 11. Goundwater abstraction or artificial groundwater recharge schemes where the annual...

       14. 12. (a) Works for the transfer of water resources, other than...

       15. 13. Waste water treatment plants with a capacity exceeding 150,000 population...

       16. 14. Extraction of petroleum and natural gas for commercial purposes where...

       17. 15. Dams and other installations designed for the holding back or...

       18. 16. Pipelines for the transport of gas, oil or chemicals with...

       19. 17. Installations for the intensive rearing of poultry or pigs with...

       20. 18. Industrial plants for— (a) the production of pulp from timber...

       21. 19. Quarries and open-cast mining where the surface of the site...

       22. 20. Installations for storage of petroleum, petrochemical or chemical products with...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

       DESCRIPTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICABLE THRESHOLDS AND CRITERIA FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE DEFINITION OF “SCHEDULE 2 DEVELOPMENT"

       1. 1. In the table below— “area of the works" includes any...

       2. 2. The table below sets out the descriptions of development and...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

       SELECTION CRITERIA FOR SCREENING SCHEDULE 2 DEVELOPMENT

       1. 1. Characteristics of development

       2. 2. Location of development

       3. 3. Characteristics of the potential impact

    4. SCHEDULE 4

       INFORMATION FOR INCLUSION IN ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENTS

       1. PART I

          1. 1. Description of the development, including in particular—

          2. 2. An outline of the main alternatives studied by the applicant...

          3. 3. A description of the aspects of the environment likely to...

          4. 4. A description of the likely significant effects of the development...

          5. 5. A description of the measures envisaged to prevent, reduce and...

          6. 6. A non-technical summary of the information provided under paragraphs 1...

          7. 7. An indication of any difficulties (technical deficiences or lack of...

       2. PART II

          1. 1. A description of the development comprising information on the site,...

          2. 2. A description of the measures envisaged in order to avoid,...

          3. 3. The data required to identify and assess the main effects...

          4. 4. An outline of the main alternatives studied by the applicant...

          5. 5. A non-technical summary of the information provided under paragraphs 1...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

       STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS REVOKED

13. Explanatory Note