The Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Procedure following a consent decision

19.  When the Department has decided to grant or not to grant consent in respect of a significant project it must—

(a) notify the applicant, any consultation bodies to whom copies of the consent application were sent under regulation 12(4)(a), any EEA state it consulted under regulation 14(6), and any authority or other person who forwarded their opinion under regulation 14(5)(b) of—

(i) its decision,

(ii) the full reasons and considerations on which the decision is based, and

(iii) any representations made by the public concerned in respect of the application;

(b) inform the public of its decision by publishing a notice in a newspaper in the locality in which the relevant land is situated or by any other means it considers reasonable in the circumstances; and

(c) make available for public inspection a statement containing—

(i) the content of the decision,

(ii) the full reasons and considerations on which the decision is based,

(iii) where relevant, a description of the principal measures that must be taken to avoid, reduce or offset the major adverse effects of the project,

(iv) in such a format as the Department considers appropriate, a summary of any representations made by the public concerned in relation to the application, and

(v) information regarding the right to challenge the decision and the procedures for doing so.