Amendment of the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

7.  In regulation 6 (pre–application determination as to need for environmental impact assessment and opinion as to content of environmental statement), insert after paragraph (9)—

“(9A) Where, following receipt of an opinion under paragraph (8), an applicant wishes to proceed with the submission of an environmental statement, he shall by notice in writing inform the Department to such effect within 4 weeks of the date of the opinion.”.