The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

Regulation 17 (notification of decisions)

13.  In regulation 17—

(a) for paragraph (1)(a) substitute—

“(a) give notice in writing of its decision to the applicant, the consultation bodies and any person from whom it received representations in relation to the application in accordance with paragraph (2);”.

(b) for paragraph (2) substitute—

“(2) Each notice under paragraph (1)(a) shall inform the person concerned of the determination stating that the Department has taken into account the environmental information relating to the application and shall give a statement of—

(a) where the decision in paragraph (1)(a) is to grant consent—

(i) the reasoned conclusion of the Department pursuant to Article (1)(2)(g)(iv) of the Directive and any environmental conditions attached to the decision;

(ii) a description of any features of the project and/or measures envisaged to avoid, prevent or reduce and if possible offset significant adverse effects on the environment as well as, where appropriate, monitoring measures;

(b) where the decision in paragraph (1)(a) is to refuse consent, the main reasons for the refusal.”.

(c) for paragraph (3)(b) substitute—

“(b) the main reasons and considerations on which its determination is based, including a summary of the results of the consultations and the information gathered pursuant to regulations 9, 10 and 15 and how those results have been incorporated or otherwise addressed; and”.