PART 6Assessment of plans and projects
CHAPTER 2Planning
Special development orders
Special development orders79.
(1)
A special development order may not grant planning permission for development which—
(a)
is likely to have a significant effect on a European site (either alone or in combination with other plans or projects); and
(b)
is not directly connected with or necessary to the management of the site.
(2)
A special development order may not grant planning permission for development which is likely to have a significant effect on a European offshore marine site (either alone or in combination with other plans or projects).
(3)
This regulation does not apply to a special development order made before 30th November 2017.