Crossrail Act 2008

15 Extension of permitted development rights

(1) Article 3(10) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/418) (exception from permission in case of development for which environmental assessment required) shall not apply to development—

(a) which falls within a class of development described in Part 15, 16, 17, 24 or 25 of Schedule 2 to that Order as permitted development, and

(b) in relation to which information contained in a statement specified for the purposes of this paragraph constituted at the time of the statement’s deposit or publication an environmental statement within the meaning of the EIA regulations.

(2) The following are the statements specified for the purposes of subsection (1)(b)—

(a) the statement deposited in connection with the Crossrail Bill in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons in February 2005 in pursuance of Standing Order 27A of the Standing Orders of the House of Commons relating to private business (environmental assessment);

(b) the statements containing additional environmental information published in connection with the Crossrail Bill by the Secretary of State, notice of the publication of which was published in the London Gazette on 27th May 2005, 18th January, 9th May, 8th November 2006 and 16th May 2007.

(3) Schedule 8 (which contains supplementary provisions) has effect.