The Environmental Impact Assessment (Fish Farming in Marine Waters) Regulations 1999

Intimation of decision

11.  Where the relevant authority have decided an application to which the prohibition in regulation 3 applies, they shall–

(a) inform the applicant and all authorities, bodies or persons consulted under regulation 9 of their decision, and of any conditions attached to it;

(b) inform the public of the decision, by publishing a notice in a newspaper circulating in the locality of the site concerned, or by such other means as are reasonable in the circumstances; and

(c) make available for public inspection, at all reasonable hours and free of charge, a statement containing–

(i) the content of the decision and any conditions attached thereto;

(ii) the main reasons and considerations on which the decision is based; and

(iii) a description, where necessary, of the main measures to avoid, reduce and, if possible, offset the major adverse effects of the development.