The Environmental Impact Assessment (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2006
Jurisdiction | Scotland |
Citation | SSI 2006/614 |
- “any other information” means any other substantive information relating to the environmental statement and provided by the applicant or appellant as the case may be;
- (g) other bodies designated by statutory provision as having specific environmental responsibilities and which the relevant planning authority or the Scottish Ministers, as the case may be, considers are likely to have an interest in the application.
- (a) land notified under sections 3(1) or 5(1) (sites of special scientific interest) of the Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004;
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- (a) The Scottish Ministers may direct that these regulations shall not apply to a particular proposed development specified in the direction in accordance with Article 2(3) of the Directive (but without prejudice to Article 7 of the Directive) .
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(b) Where a direction is given under paragraph (a) the Scottish Ministers must–
(i) send a copy of any such direction to the relevant planning authority; (ii) make available to the public concerned the information considered in making the direction and the reasons for making the direction; (iii) consider whether another form of assessment would be appropriate; and (iv) take such steps as are considered appropriate to bring the information obtained under the other form of assessment to the attention of the public concerned.
- (5) In relation to a person to which the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 apply, paragraph (4) shall not require disclosure of information which the person–
- (a) may refuse to disclose under regulation 10(1) of those Regulations; or
- (b) is prevented from disclosing by regulation 11(1) of those Regulations.
- (2A) Paragraph (2) shall apply in relation to any other information unless such other information is provided for the purposes of an inquiry held under the Act or for the purposes of an appeal under section 130 of the Act and that information is required to be publicised as part of that inquiry or appeal procedure as the case may be.
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(aa) that the nature of possible decisions relating to the planning application are:–
(i) grant planning permission without conditions; (ii) grant planning permission with conditions; (iii) refuse permission.
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(c) so far as they have received such information, notify those authorities and the public concerned of the content of any decision of the competent authority of the relevant EEA State; and in particular–
(i) any conditions attached to it; (ii) the main reasons and considerations on which the decision was based including, if relevant, information about the ...
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