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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (“the 1999 Regulations”) implemented, for Northern Ireland, Council Directive 85/337/EEC (“the EIA Directive”) on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment (O.J. No. L175, 5.7.1985, p.40) as amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC (O.J. No. L73, 14.3.1997, p.5). The EIA Directive was also amended by Council Directive 2003/35/EC (O.J. No. L156, 25.6.2003, p.17).

These Regulations amend the 1999 Regulations to implement the Directives in respect of applications for approval of reserved matters and applications for any consent, agreement or approval required by a condition imposed on the grant of planning permission (collectively referred to as a “subsequent application”).

Regulations 3 to 11 amend the 1999 Regulations so that their provisions apply to a subsequent application.

A Regulatory Impact Assessment has been prepared in connection with these Regulations. A copy may be obtained from the Department of the Environment, Planning Service Headquarters, Millennium House, 17–25 Great Victoria Street, Belfast BT2 7BN (Tel: 028 9041 6967) or accessed at http://www.planningni.gov.uk/.