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

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PART I — GENERAL

Citation, commencement and application

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Interpretation

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Prohibition on granting planning permission without consideration of environmental information

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PART II — SCREENING

General provisions relating to screening

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Requests for screening opinions of the local planning authority

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Requests for screening directions of the Secretary of State

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PART III — PROCEDURES CONCERNING APPLICATIONS FOR PLANNING PERMISSION

Application made to a local planning authority without an environmental statement

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Application referred to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement

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Appeal to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement

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PART IV — PREPARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENTS

Scoping opinions of the local planning authority

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Scoping directions of the Secretary of State

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Procedure to facilitate preparation of environmental statements

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PART V — PUBLICITY AND PROCEDURES ON SUBMISSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENTS

Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to a local planning authority

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Publicity where an environmental statement is submitted after the planning application

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Provision of copies of environmental statements and further information for the Secretary of State on referral or appeal

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Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to the Secretary of State

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Availability of copies of environmental statements

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Charges for copies of environmental statements

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Further information and evidence respecting environmental statements

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PART VI — AVAILABILITY OF DIRECTIONS ETC. AND NOTIFICATION OF DECISIONS

Availability of opinions, directions etc. for inspection

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Duties to inform the public and the Secretary of State of final decisions

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PART VII — SPECIAL CASES

Development by a local planning authority

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Restriction of grant of permission by old simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise zone orders

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Restriction of grant of permission by new simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise zone orders

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Unauthorised development

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Unauthorised development with significant transboundary effects

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PART VIII — DEVELOPMENT WITH SIGNIFICANT TRANSBOUNDARY EFFECTS

Development in England and Wales likely to have significant effects in another Member State

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Projects in another Member State likely to have significant transboundary effects

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PART IX — MISCELLANEOUS

Service of notices etc.

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Application to the High Court

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Hazardous waste and material change of use

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Extension of the period for an authority’s decision on a planning application

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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

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Revocation of Statutory Instruments and transitional provisions

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Miscellaneous and consequential amendments

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SCHEDULE 1 — DESCRIPTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE DEFINITION OF “SCHEDULE 1 DEVELOPMENT”

Interpretation

In this Schedule—

• “airport” means an airport which complies with the definition in the 1944 Chicago Convention setting up the International Civil Aviation Organisation (Annex 14)[^f00035];

• “express road” means a road which complies with the definition in the European Agreement on Main International Traffic Arteries of 15 November 1975[^f00036];

• “nuclear power station” and “other nuclear reactor” do not include an installation from the site of which all nuclear fuel and other radioactive contaminated materials have been permanently removed; and development for the purpose of dismantling or decommissioning a nuclear power station or other nuclear reactor shall not be treated as development of the description mentioned in paragraph 2(b) of this Schedule.

Descriptions of development

The carrying out of development to provide any of the following—

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SCHEDULE 2 — DESCRIPTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICABLE THRESHOLDS AND CRITERIA FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE DEFINITION OF “SCHEDULE 2 DEVELOPMENT”

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SCHEDULE 3 — SELECTION CRITERIA FOR SCREENING SCHEDULE 2 DEVELOPMENT

Characteristics of development

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Location of development

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Characteristics of the potential impact

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SCHEDULE 4 — INFORMATION FOR INCLUSION IN ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENTS

PART I

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PART II

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SCHEDULE 5 — STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS REVOKED

Title of Instrument	Reference	Extent of revocation
The Town and Country Planning (Assessment of Environmental Effects) Regulations 1988	S.I. 1988/1199	The whole of the Regulations
The Town and Country Planning (Assessment of Environmental Effects) (Amendment) Regulations 1990	S.I. 1990/367	The whole of the Regulations
The Town and Country Planning (Assessment of Environmental Effects) (Amendment) Regulations 1992	S.I. 1992/1494	The whole of the Regulations
The Town and Country Planning (Simplified Planning Zones) Regulations 1992	S.I. 1992/2414	Regulation 22
The Town and Country Planning (Assessment of Environmental Effects) (Amendment) Regulations 1994	S.I. 1994/677	The whole of the Regulations
The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Assessment and Permitted Development) Regulations 1995	S.I. 1995/417	The whole of the Regulations
The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995	S.I. 1995/418	Sub-paragraphs (a) and (c) of article 3(12)
The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Assessment and Unauthorised Development) Regulations 1995	S.I. 1995/2258	The whole of the Regulations

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Richard G. Caborn — Minister of State — Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions — 10th February 1999

Alun Michael — Secretary of State for Wales — 10th February 1999

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1988/785. See also the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions Order 1997 (S.I. 1997/2971).

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00003]: 1990 c. 8. Section 71A was inserted by section 15 of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34).

[^f00004]: O.J. No. L 175, 5.7.1985, p. 40.

[^f00005]: O.J. No. L 73, 14.3.1997, p. 5.

[^f00006]: 1990 c. 8.

[^f00007]: See section 1(1) of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 (c. 97), as substituted by the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43), section 130 and Schedule 8, paragraph 1.

[^f00008]: See section 128 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

[^f00009]: See section 130 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.

[^f00010]: See section 1(1) of the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25).

[^f00011]: O.J. No. L 175, 5.7.1985, p. 40. Council Directive 85/337/EEC was amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC, O.J. No. L 73, 14.3.1997, p. 5.

[^f00012]: S.I. 1992/1492. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1992/1982 and S.I. 1997/3006.

[^f00013]: Schedule 6 was amended by the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), Schedule 22, paragraph 44.

[^f00014]: S.I. 1995/419. Relevant amendments were made by S.I. 1996/1817. See also paragraph 233(1) of Schedule 22 to the Environment Act 1995.

[^f00015]: 1972 c. 70.

[^f00016]: Section 77 was amended by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991, Schedule 7, paragraph 18.

[^f00017]: 1981 c. 69, amended by the Wildlife and Countryside (Amendment) Act 1985 (c. 31), the Wildlife and Countryside (Service of Notices) Act 1985 (c. 59), the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4) and the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11).

[^f00018]: 1949 c. 97. Relevant amendments were made by the Environment Act 1995 (c. 25), Schedule 10, paragraph 2.

[^f00019]: See the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 (c. 4).

[^f00020]: See Command Paper 9424.

[^f00021]: 1979 c. 46. See the definition in section 1(11).

[^f00022]: 1949 c. 97. Section 87 was amended by paragraph 1(12) of Schedule 8 to the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43).

[^f00023]: S.I. 1994/2716.

[^f00024]: S.I. 1992/3240, amended by S.I. 1998/1447.

[^f00025]: S.I. 1995/418, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00026]: See section 83 and Schedule 7 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8).

[^f00027]: See sections 88 and 89 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (c. 8) and Schedule 32 to the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65).

[^f00028]: Section 172 was substituted by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34), section 5.

[^f00029]: Section 174 was amended by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34), section 6(1) and Schedule 7, paragraph 22. See also section 177(5) which was amended by the Planning and Compensation Act 1991, Schedule 7, paragraph 24.

[^f00030]: See section 177(8) Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

[^f00031]: S.I. 1987/764. Relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1991/1567, S.I. 1992/610, and S.I. 1994/724.

[^f00032]: O.J. No. L 194, 25.7.1975, p. 39. Council Directive 75/442/EEC was amended by Council Directive 91/156/EEC (O.J. No. L 78, 26.3.1991, p. 32), and by Commission Decision 94/3/EC (O.J. No. L5, 7.1.1994, p.15).

[^f00033]: O.J. No. L 337, 31.12.1991, p. 20. Council Directive 91/689/EEC was amended by Council Directive 94/31/EC (O.J. No. L 168, 2.7.1994, p. 28).

[^f00034]: S.I. 1995/418, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00035]: See Command Paper 6614.

[^f00036]: See Command Paper 6993.

[^f00037]: O.J. No. L 194, 25.7.1975, p. 39. Council Directive 75/442/EEC was amended by Council Directive 91/156/EEC (O.J. No. L 78, 26.3.1991, p. 32) and by Commission Decision 94/3/EC (O.J. No. L 5, 7.1.1994, p. 15).

[^f00038]: O.J. No. L 337, 31.12.1991, p. 20. Council Directive 91/689/EEC was amended by Council Directive 94/31/EC (O.J. No. L 168, 2.7.1994, p. 28).

[^f00039]: O.J. No. L 135, 30.5.1991, p. 40.

[^f00040]: 1991 c. 57. See section 104.

[^f00041]: O.J. No. L 103, 25.4.1979, p. 1.

[^f00042]: O.J. No. L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7.

Editorial notes

[^key-9dfdf8cd3d1d497ce03be19d0c232898]: Regulations revoked: (E.) (24.8.2011) by The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1824), reg. 1(1) Sch. 5 (with reg. 65(2)); and (W.) (1.3.2016) by The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/58), reg. 1(2), Sch. 8 (with regs. 59, 60(2)) [Editorial note: No historical revised versions have been created for amendments to this S.I. made prior to its final revocation. A revised version of how the S.I. stood at its first commencement is available and, to see the document content as it originally stood when it was made, select the 'Original (As Made)' version. For further details of the amendments see the List of All Changes available in 'More Resources']

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