Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (Development Plan) Regulations 19915

1

The Town and Country Planning (Development Plan) Regulations 199112 shall be amended as follows.

2

In regulation 2 (interpretation)–

a

in paragraph (1), after the definition of “by local advertisement” insert–

  • “the Directive” means Council Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances;

b

after paragraph (3) add–

4

the expressions used in regulation 9(1)(e) and (f) have the same meaning as in the Directive.

3

In regulation 9(1) (regard to be had to certain matters and statement of regard)–

a

at the end of paragraph (c) delete “and”;

b

after paragraph (d)13 add–

and;

e

the objectives of preventing major accidents and limiting the consequences of such accidents; and

f

the need;

i

in the long term, to maintain appropriate distances between establishments and residential areas, areas of public use and areas of particular natural sensitivity or interest; and

ii

in the case of existing establishments, for additional technical measures in accordance with Article 5 of the Directive so as not to increase the risks to people.