The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017

Procedure to facilitate preparation of EIA report

20.—(1) Where a person (the “developer”) intends to make an application for a section 36 or 37 consent, or a section 36 variation, for development and to provide an EIA report in connection with the application, the developer may in writing request the relevant authority to comply with paragraph (4).

(2) A request under paragraph (1) must be accompanied by information about the location and the nature and purpose of the development and the main environmental consequences to which the developer proposes to refer in the EIA report.

(3) Where a person (the “developer”) makes an application for a section 36 or 37 consent, or a section 36 variation, for development that is not accompanied by an EIA report and either—

(a) the relevant authority makes a screening decision that the development is EIA development; or

(b) the developer informs the relevant authority in writing that the developer intends to provide an EIA report in connection with the application,

the developer may in writing request the relevant authority to comply with paragraph (4).

(4) Where the relevant authority receives a request under paragraph (1) or (3), the relevant authority must, in writing—

(a) notify every consultation body and any other public authority that, by reason of its specific environmental responsibilities or local or regional competences, the relevant authority thinks is likely to have an interest in the development, of the name and address of the developer and the duty imposed by regulation 35 (provision of information by consultation bodies, etc.); and

(b) notify the developer of the name and address of every consultation body and any other public authority notified under sub-paragraph (a).