PART 6ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Supplementary information and evidence relating to EIA reports26
1
This regulation applies where the Scottish Ministers or the planning authority, are dealing with—
a
an EIA application;
b
an application for multi-stage consent in respect of EIA development;
c
an appeal in relation to an EIA application or an application for multi-stage consent in respect of EIA development; or
d
a review under section 43A(8) in relation to an EIA application or an application for multi-stage consent in respect of EIA development.
2
In order to ensure the completeness and quality of the EIA report, the planning authority or the Scottish Ministers, as the case may be, must (having regard in particular to current knowledge and methods of assessment) seek from the developer supplementary information about a matter to be included in the EIA report in accordance with regulation 5(2) which in the opinion of the planning authority or the Scottish Ministers, as the case may be, is directly relevant to reaching a reasoned conclusion on the significant effects of the development on the environment.
3
The developer must provide that supplementary information and such information is referred to in these Regulations as “supplementary information”.
4
The planning authority or the Scottish Ministers may in writing require to be produced to them such evidence in respect of any EIA report or additional information as they may reasonably call for to verify any information contained in the EIA report or such additional information, as the case may be.