Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 293

      The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999


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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


1999 No. 293

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLANDAND WALES

The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999

  Made 10th February 1999 
  Laid before Parliament 19th February 1999 
  Coming into force 14th March 1999 


ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS


PART I

General
1. Citation, commencement and application
2. Interpretation
3. Prohibition on granting planning permission without consideration of environmental information

PART II

Screening
4. General provisions relating to screening
5. Requests for screening opinions of the local planning authority
6. Requests for screening directions of the Secretary of State

PART III

Procedures Concerning Applications for Planning Permission
7. Application made to a local planning authority without an environmental statement
8. Application referred to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement
9. Appeal to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement

PART IV

Preparation of Environmental Statements
10. Scoping opinions of the local planning authority
11. Scoping directions of the Secretary of State
12. Procedure to facilitate preparation of environmental statements

PART V

Publicity and Procedures on Submission of Environmental Statements
13. Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to a local planning authority
14. Publicity where an environmental statement is submitted after the planning application
15. Provision of copies of environmental statements and further information for the Secretary of State on referral or appeal
16. Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to the Secretary of State
17. Availability of copies of environmental statements
18. Charges for copies of environmental statements
19. Further information and evidence respecting environmental statements

PART VI

Availability of Directions etc. and Notification of Decisions
20. Availability of opinions, directions etc. for inspection
21. Duties to inform the public and the Secretary of State of final decisions

PART VII

Special Cases
22. Development by a local planning authority
23. Restriction of grant of permission by old simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise zone orders
24. Restriction of grant of permission by new simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise zone orders
25. Unauthorised development
26. Unauthorised development with significant transboundary effects

PART VIII

Development with Significant Transboundary Effects
27. Development in England and Wales likely to have significant effects in another Member State
28. Projects in another Member State likely to have significant transboundary effects

PART IX

Miscellaneous
29. Service of notices etc.
30. Application to the High Court
31. Hazardous waste and material change of use
32. Extension of the period for an authority's decision on a planning application
33. 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 with
34. Revocation of Statutory Instruments and transitional provisions
35. Miscellaneous and consequential amendments

SCHEDULES

  Schedule 1 Descriptions of development for the purposes of the definition of "Schedule 1 development"

  Schedule 2 Descriptions of development and applicable thresholds and criteria for the purposes of the definition of "Schedule 2 development"

  Schedule 3 Selection criteria for screening Schedule 2 development

  Schedule 4 Information for inclusion in environmental statements

  Schedule 5 Statutory Instruments revoked
 
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