The Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) Regulations 2006

Conditions of consent

19.—(1) Any consent granted under regulation 17(1) is to be subject to—

(a) the conditions in paragraph (2); and

(b) any other conditions Natural England thinks fit.

(2) The conditions required by paragraph (1)(a) are—

(a) the consent lapses if the project is not commenced (by the carrying out of a material act) within 1 year of the date on which it was granted;

(b) the consent expires if the project is not completed within 3 years of the date on which it was granted; and

(c) the consent only authorises the project described in the consent application, subject to any amendments approved by Natural England under paragraph (4).

(3) After the expiry of a consent in accordance with paragraph (2)(b), Natural England may require a further application for consent in accordance with paragraph (5) in respect of any further operations or uses forming part of the project.

(4) Natural England may approve any amendments at the request of an applicant, but any material change in the authorised operations or uses requires a further application for consent in accordance with paragraph (5).

(5) Further applications for consent under paragraphs (3) and (4) may be subject to any requirement of these Regulations that Natural England considers appropriate.

(6) In this regulation, a project is “completed” if all the works permitted by the consent have been carried out and all changes in the use, or the level of use, of the relevant land have been implemented.