Statutory Rule 1999 No. 73

      The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999


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STATUTORY RULES OF NORTHERN IRELAND


1999 No. 73

PLANNING

The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

  Made 23rd February 1999 
  Coming into operation 14th March 1999 


ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS


Part I

General
1. Citation and commencement
2. Interpretation
3. Directions
4. Prohibition on the grant of planning permission without consideration of environmental information
5. Confirmation that development is an EIA development

Part II

Pre-application Procedures
6. Pre-application determination as to need for environmental impact assessment and opinion as to content of environmental statement

Part III

Preparation of Environmental Statements
7. Procedure to facilitate preparation of environmental statements
8. Provision of information

Part IV

Procedures on Receipt of Application
9. Application made to the Department without prior determination as to need for environmental impact assessment or without an environmental statement
10. Extension of the period for Department's decision on a planning application
11. Application of Article 31 of the 1991 Order

Part V

Publicity
12. Publicity where an environmental statement is submitted
13. Availability of copies of environmental statement
14. Consultation where environmental statement submitted
15. Further information relating to environmental statement
16. Charges
17. Duty to inform the public of decisions

Part VI

Development Likely to Affect Other Member States
18. Development likely to have significant effects on the environment in another Member State
19. Projects in another Member State likely to have significant transboundary effects

Part VII

Unauthorised Development
20. Interpretation of Part VII
21. Prohibition on the grant of planning permission for unauthorised development
22. Determination as to need for environmental statement, etc.
23. Time period for submission of environmental statement
24. Provision of information
25. Procedure where the Commission receives an environmental statement
26. Further information and evidence respecting environmental statements
27. Publicity for environmental statements
28. Involvement of other Member States

Part VIII

Permission in Enterprise and Simplified Planning Zones and Permission Granted by Development Orders
29. Restrictions on grant of permission by old enterprise zone schemes
30. Restriction on grant of permission by simplified planning zone schemes and enterprise zone schemes
31. Development Orders

Part IX

Miscellaneous
32. Amendment to the Planning (Use Classes) Order (Northern Ireland) 1989
33. Amendment to the General Development Order
34. Availability of information in relation to determinations, opinions, decisions, etc.
35. Hearing by the Commission in relation to the Department's determinations
36. Appeals to the Commission for developments for which an environmental statement is required
37. Revocations

SCHEDULES

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

  SCHEDULE 2 Descriptions of development and criteria for the purposes of the definition of "Schedule 2 application"

  SCHEDULE 3 Selection criteria referred to in Article 4.3 of the Directive

  SCHEDULE 4 Matters for inclusion in environmental statement

  SCHEDULE 5 Revocations

 
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