The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2017

1. Introductory TextNext Match

2. PART 1 GeneralPrevious MatchNext Match

   1. 1. Title, commencement and applicationPrevious MatchNext Match

   2. 2. InterpretationPrevious MatchNext Match

   3. 3. Prohibition on granting planning permission or subsequent consent without environmental impact assessmentPrevious MatchNext Match

   4. 4. Environmental impact assessmentPrevious MatchNext Match

3. PART 2 ScreeningPrevious MatchNext Match

   1. 5. General provisions relating to screeningPrevious MatchNext Match

   2. 6. Requests for screening opinionsPrevious MatchNext Match

   3. 7. Requests for screening directions of the Welsh MinistersPrevious MatchNext Match

4. PART 3 Procedures Concerning Applications for Planning PermissionPrevious MatchNext Match

   1. 8. Applications which appear to require screening opinionPrevious MatchNext Match

   2. 9. Subsequent applications where environmental information previously providedPrevious MatchNext Match

   3. 10. Subsequent applications where environmental information not previously providedPrevious MatchNext Match

   4. 11. Application made to a local planning authority without an environmental statementPrevious MatchNext Match

   5. 12. Application referred to the Welsh Ministers without an environmental statementPrevious MatchNext Match

   6. 13. Appeal to the Welsh Ministers without an environmental statementPrevious MatchNext Match

5. PART 4 Preparation of Environmental StatementsPrevious MatchNext Match

   1. 14. Scoping opinionsPrevious MatchNext Match

   2. 15. Scoping directionsPrevious MatchNext Match

   3. 16. Procedure to facilitate preparation of environmental statementsPrevious MatchNext Match

6. PART 5 Publicity and Procedures on Submission of Environmental StatementsPrevious MatchNext Match

   1. 17. Environmental statementsPrevious MatchNext Match

   2. 18. Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to a local planning authorityPrevious MatchNext Match

   3. 19. Publicity where an environmental statement is submitted after the planning applicationPrevious MatchNext Match

   4. 20. Provision of copies of environmental statements and further information for the Welsh Ministers on referral or appealPrevious MatchNext Match

   5. 21. Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to the Welsh MinistersPrevious MatchNext Match

   6. 22. Availability of copies of environmental statementsPrevious MatchNext Match

   7. 23. Charges for copies of environmental statementsPrevious MatchNext Match

   8. 24. Further information and evidence in respect of environmental statementsPrevious MatchNext Match

   9. 25. Consideration of whether planning permission should be grantedPrevious MatchNext Match

7. PART 6 Previous MatchNext Match

   1. 26. Coordination of assessmentsPrevious MatchNext Match

8. PART 7 Availability of Directions etc. and Notification of DecisionsPrevious MatchNext Match

   1. 27. Availability of opinions, directions etc. for inspectionPrevious MatchNext Match

   2. 28. Information to accompany decisionsPrevious MatchNext Match

   3. 29. Duties to inform the public and the Welsh Ministers of final decisionsPrevious MatchNext Match

9. PART 8 Applications for planning permission made to the Welsh MinistersPrevious MatchNext Match

   1. 30. Application of Parts 2 to 7Previous MatchNext Match

   2. 31. Requests for screening directions of the Welsh MinistersPrevious MatchNext Match

   3. 32. Applications made without an environmental statementPrevious MatchNext Match

   4. 33. Scoping directionsPrevious MatchNext Match

   5. 34. Procedure to facilitate preparation of environmental statementsPrevious MatchNext Match

   6. 35. Publicity where an environmental statement is submitted after the planning applicationPrevious MatchNext Match

   7. 36. Availability of copies of environmental statementsPrevious MatchNext Match

   8. 37. Availability of directions etc. for inspectionPrevious MatchNext Match

10. PART 9 Restrictions of Grants of PermissionPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 38. New simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise zone ordersPrevious MatchNext Match

    2. 39. Local development ordersPrevious MatchNext Match

    3. 40. Section 97 orders and section 102 ordersPrevious MatchNext Match

    4. 41. Action under section 141 of the 1990 ActPrevious MatchNext Match

11. PART 10 Unauthorised DevelopmentPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 42. Interpretation of this PartPrevious MatchNext Match

    2. 43. Duty to ensure objectives of the Directive are metPrevious MatchNext Match

    3. 44. Prohibition on the grant of planning permission for unauthorised EIA developmentPrevious MatchNext Match

    4. 45. Screening opinionsPrevious MatchNext Match

    5. 46. Screening directionsPrevious MatchNext Match

    6. 47. Provision of informationPrevious MatchNext Match

    7. 48. Appeal to the Welsh Ministers without a screening opinion or screening directionPrevious MatchNext Match

    8. 49. Appeal to the Welsh Ministers without an environmental statementPrevious MatchNext Match

    9. 50. Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to the Welsh MinistersPrevious MatchNext Match

    10. 51. Further information and evidence respecting environmental statementsPrevious MatchNext Match

    11. 52. Publicity for environmental statements or further informationPrevious MatchNext Match

    12. 53. Public inspection of documentsPrevious MatchNext Match

    13. 54. Significant transboundary effectsPrevious MatchNext Match

12. PART 11 ROMP ApplicationsPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 55. General application of the Regulations to ROMP applicationsPrevious MatchNext Match

13. PART 12 Development with Significant Transboundary EffectsPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 56. Development in Wales likely to have significant effects in an EEA StatePrevious MatchNext Match

    2. 57. Projects in an EEA State likely to have significant transboundary effectsPrevious MatchNext Match

14. PART 13 MiscellaneousPrevious MatchNext Match

    1. 58. Objectivity and biasPrevious MatchNext Match

    2. 59. Application to the High CourtPrevious MatchNext Match

    3. 60. Hazardous waste and material change of usePrevious MatchNext Match

    4. 61. Extension of the period for an authority's decision on a planning applicationPrevious MatchNext Match

    5. 62. Extension of the power to provide in a development order for the giving of directions as respects the manner in which planning applications are dealt withPrevious MatchNext Match

    6. 63. Application to the CrownPrevious MatchNext Match

    7. 64. Amendment of other instrumentsPrevious MatchNext Match

    8. 65. Revocation, saving and transitional provisionsPrevious MatchNext Match

    9. 66. Consequential amendmentsPrevious MatchNext Match

15. Signature Previous MatchNext Match

16. 1. SCHEDULE 1Previous MatchNext Match

       Descriptions of development for the purposes of the definition of “Schedule 1 development”Previous MatchNext Match

       1. InterpretationPrevious MatchNext Match

       2. Descriptions of developmentPrevious MatchNext Match

       3. 1. Crude-oil refineries (excluding undertakings manufacturing only lubricants from crude oil)...Previous MatchNext Match

       4. 2.   (a) Thermal power stations and other combustion installations with...Previous MatchNext Match

       5. 3.   (a) Installations for the reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuel;...Previous MatchNext Match

       6. 4.   (a) Integrated works for the initial smelting of cast-iron...Previous MatchNext Match

       7. 5. Installations for the extraction of asbestos and for the processing...Previous MatchNext Match

       8. 6. Integrated chemical installations, that is to say, installations for the...Previous MatchNext Match

       9. 7.   (a) Construction of lines for long-distance railway traffic and...Previous MatchNext Match

       10. 8.   (a) Inland waterways and ports for inland-waterway traffic which...Previous MatchNext Match

       11. 9. Waste disposal installations for the incineration, chemical treatment (as defined...Previous MatchNext Match

       12. 10. Waste disposal installations for the incineration or chemical treatment (as...Previous MatchNext Match

       13. 11. Groundwater abstraction or artificial groundwater recharge schemes where the annual...Previous MatchNext Match

       14. 12.   (a) Works for the transfer of water resources, other...Previous MatchNext Match

       15. 13. Waste water treatment plants with a capacity exceeding 150,000 population...Previous MatchNext Match

       16. 14. Extraction of petroleum and natural gas for commercial purposes where...Previous MatchNext Match

       17. 15. Dams and other installations designed for the holding back or...Previous MatchNext Match

       18. 16. Pipelines with a diameter of more than 800 millimetres and...Previous MatchNext Match

       19. 17. Installations for the intensive rearing of poultry or pigs with...Previous MatchNext Match

       20. 18. Industrial plants for— (a) the production of pulp from timber...Previous MatchNext Match

       21. 19. Quarries and open-cast mining where the surface of the site...Previous MatchNext Match

       22. 20. Installations for storage of petroleum, petrochemical or chemical products with...Previous MatchNext Match

       23. 21. Storage sites pursuant to Chapter 3 of Part 1 of...Previous MatchNext Match

       24. 22. Installations for the capture of carbon dioxide streams for the...Previous MatchNext Match

       25. 23. Any change to or extension of development listed in this...Previous MatchNext Match

    2. SCHEDULE 2Previous MatchNext Match

       Descriptions of development and applicable thresholds and criteria for the purposes of the definition of “Schedule 2 development”Previous MatchNext Match

       1. 1. In the table below— “area of the works” (“arwynebedd gwaith”)...Previous MatchNext Match

       2. 2. The table below sets out the descriptions of development and...Previous MatchNext Match

    3. SCHEDULE 3Previous MatchNext Match

       Selection criteria for screening Schedule 2 developmentPrevious MatchNext Match

       1. 1. Characteristics of developmentPrevious MatchNext Match

       2. 2. Location of developmentPrevious MatchNext Match

       3. 3. Types and characteristics of the potential impactPrevious MatchNext Match

    4. SCHEDULE 4Previous MatchNext Match

       Information for inclusion in environmental statementsPrevious MatchNext Match

       1. 1. Description of the development, including in particular— Previous MatchNext Match

       2. 2. A description of the reasonable alternatives (for example in terms...Previous MatchNext Match

       3. 3. A description of the relevant aspects of the current state...Previous MatchNext Match

       4. 4. A description of the factors specified in regulation 4(2) likely...Previous MatchNext Match

       5. 5. A description of the likely significant effects of the development...Previous MatchNext Match

       6. 6. A description of the forecasting methods or evidence used to...Previous MatchNext Match

       7. 7. A description of the measures envisaged to avoid, prevent, reduce...Previous MatchNext Match

       8. 8. A description of the expected significant adverse effects of the...Previous MatchNext Match

       9. 9. A non-technical summary of the information provided under paragraphs 1...Previous MatchNext Match

       10. 10. A reference list detailing the sources used for the descriptions...Previous MatchNext Match

    5. SCHEDULE 5Previous MatchNext Match

       Local Development OrdersPrevious MatchNext Match

       1. 1. In a case to which this Schedule has effect, these...Previous MatchNext Match

       2. 2. Regulations 3, 9, 10, 12, 13, 20 and 21 do...Previous MatchNext Match

       3. 3. In regulation 5— (a) paragraph (2)(a) does not apply; Previous MatchNext Match

       4. 4. Regulation 11 applies as if references to— Previous MatchNext Match

       5. 5. Regulation 14 is to be read as if it provided—...Previous MatchNext Match

       6. 6. Regulation 15 is to be read as if it provided—...Previous MatchNext Match

       7. 7. Regulation 16 is to be read as if it provided—...Previous MatchNext Match

       8. 8. Regulation 17 is to be read as if— Previous MatchNext Match

       9. 9. Regulation 18 is to be read as if it provided—...Previous MatchNext Match

       10. 10. Regulation 19 is to be read as if— Previous MatchNext Match

       11. 11. Regulation 22 is to be read as if it provided—...Previous MatchNext Match

       12. 12. Regulation 24 is to be read as if— Previous MatchNext Match

       13. 13. Regulation 25 is to be read as if in paragraph...Previous MatchNext Match

       14. 14. Regulation 27 is to be read as if paragraphs (1)...Previous MatchNext Match

       15. 15. Regulation 28 is to be read as if paragraph (1)...Previous MatchNext Match

       16. 16. Regulation 29 is to be read as if— Previous MatchNext Match

       17. 17. Regulation 56 is to be read as if— Previous MatchNext Match

    6. SCHEDULE 6Previous MatchNext Match

       Section 97 and 102 Orders under the 1990 ActPrevious MatchNext Match

       1. 1. In a case to which this Schedule has effect, these...Previous MatchNext Match

       2. 2. Regulations 3, 7(2), 9, 10, 12(1), (2) and (8), 13...Previous MatchNext Match

       3. 3. In this Schedule and in the application of these Regulations...Previous MatchNext Match

       4. 4. Regulation 5 is to be read as if— Previous MatchNext Match

       5. 5. Regulations 8, 11 and 12(3) to (8) apply as if...Previous MatchNext Match

       6. 6. Regulation 12(8) is to be read as if “by refusing...Previous MatchNext Match

       7. 7. Regulation 14 and its heading are to be read as...Previous MatchNext Match

       8. 8. Regulation 15 is to be read as if it provided—...Previous MatchNext Match

       9. 9. Regulation 16 is to be read as if it provided—...Previous MatchNext Match

       10. 10. Regulation 17 is to be read as if— Previous MatchNext Match

       11. 11. Regulation 18 is to be read as if it provided—...Previous MatchNext Match

       12. 12. Regulation 19 is to be read as if— Previous MatchNext Match

       13. 13. Regulation 20 is to be read as if it provided—...Previous MatchNext Match

       14. 14. Regulation 22 is to be read as if it provided—...Previous MatchNext Match

       15. 15. Regulation 24 must be read as if— Previous MatchNext Match

       16. 16. Regulation 25(1) is to be read as if— Previous MatchNext Match

       17. 17. Regulation 27 is to be read as if it read—...Previous MatchNext Match

       18. 18. Regulation 28 is to be read as if paragraph (1)...Previous MatchNext Match

       19. 19. Regulation 29 is to be read as if it provided—...Previous MatchNext Match

       20. 20. Regulation 56 is to be read as if— Previous MatchNext Match

    7. SCHEDULE 7Previous MatchNext Match

       Functions under Section 141 of the 1990 ActPrevious MatchNext Match

       1. 1. In a case to which this Schedule has effect, these...Previous MatchNext Match

       2. 2. Regulations 3, 7(2), 8 to 13, 18 and 21 do...Previous MatchNext Match

       3. 3. In this Schedule and in the application of other regulations...Previous MatchNext Match

       4. 4. (1) Where, on consideration of a purchase notice it appears...Previous MatchNext Match

       5. 5. Where it appears to the Welsh Ministers that the relevant...Previous MatchNext Match

       6. 6. (1) Where the applicant proposes to submit an environmental statement,...Previous MatchNext Match

       7. 7. Where— (a) a notification has been given under paragraph 6(3),...Previous MatchNext Match

       8. 8. Where it appears to the Welsh Ministers that the environmental...Previous MatchNext Match

    8. SCHEDULE 8Previous MatchNext Match

       ROMP ApplicationsPrevious MatchNext Match

       1. 1. Modification of provisions on prohibition of granting planning permission or subsequent consentPrevious MatchNext Match

       2. 2. Modification of provisions on application to local planning authority without an environmental statementPrevious MatchNext Match

       3. 3. Disapplication of regulations and modifications of provisions on application referred to or appealed to the Welsh Ministers without an environmental statementPrevious MatchNext Match

       4. 4. Substitution of references to section 78 of the 1990 Act right of appeal and modification of provisions on appeal to the Welsh Ministers without an environmental statementPrevious MatchNext Match

       5. 5. Modification of provisions on preparation, publicity and procedures on submission of environmental statementsPrevious MatchNext Match

       6. 6. Modification of provisions on application to the High Court and giving of directionsPrevious MatchNext Match

       7. 7. Suspension of minerals developmentPrevious MatchNext Match

       8. 8. Determination of conditions and right of appeal on non-determinationPrevious MatchNext Match

       9. 9. ROMP application by a mineral planning authorityPrevious MatchNext Match

       10. 10. ROMP applications: duty to make a prohibition order after two years suspension of permissionPrevious MatchNext Match

    9. SCHEDULE 9Previous MatchNext Match

       Amendments to other instrumentsPrevious MatchNext Match

       1. 1. The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012Previous MatchNext Match

       2. 2. Developments of National Significance (Procedure) (Wales) Order 2016Previous MatchNext Match

    10. SCHEDULE 10Previous MatchNext Match

        Consequential amendmentsPrevious MatchNext Match

        1. 1. The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995Previous MatchNext Match

        2. 2. The Public Gas Transporter Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999Previous MatchNext Match

        3. 3. The Planning (National Security Directions and Appointed Representatives) (Wales) Regulations 2006Previous MatchNext Match

17. Explanatory Note Previous Match