The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2017/571 |
(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 16th May 2017.(2) Subject to paragraph (3) , these Regulations apply in relation to England only.(3) Regulations 60, 61 and 62 apply in relation to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland respectively (1) In these Regulations—
- “the 1991 Act” means the Planning and Compensation Act 1991 ;
- “the 1995 Act” means the Environment Act 1995 ;
- “the Act” means the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 ;
- “appropriate register” means the register on which particulars of an application for planning permission for the relevant development or an application for subsequent consent have been placed or would fall to be placed if such an application were made;
- “the consultation bodies” means—
- (a) any body which the relevant planning authority is required to consult, or would, if an application for planning permission for the development in question were before them, be required to consult by virtue of article 18 (consultations before the grant of permission) of the Order or of any direction under that article;
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(b) the Marine Management Organisation , in any case where the proposed development would affect, or would be likely to affect, any of the following areas—
- (i) waters in or adjacent to England up to the seaward limits of the territorial sea;
- (ii) an exclusive economic zone , except any part of an exclusive economic zone in relation to which the Scottish Ministers have functions;
- (iii) a Renewable Energy Zone , except any part of a Renewable Energy Zone in relation to which the Scottish Ministers have functions;
- (iv) an area designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964 , except any part of that area which is within a part of an exclusive economic zone or Renewable Energy Zone in relation to which the Scottish Ministers have functions; and
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(c) the following bodies if not referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) —
- (i) any principal council for the area where the land is situated, if not the relevant planning authority;
- (ii) Natural England ;
- (iii) the Environment Agency ;
- (iv) other bodies designated by statutory provision as having specific environmental responsibilities and which the relevant planning authority or the Secretary of State, as the case may be, considers are likely to have an interest in the application;
- F121“coronavirus” means severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ;
- “the Directive” means Council Directive 2011/92/EU F135as it had effect immediately before exit day;
- “EIA” has the meaning given by regulation 4;
- “EIA application” means—
- (a) an application for planning permission for EIA development; or
- (b) a subsequent application in respect of EIA development;
- “EIA development” means development which is either—
- (a) Schedule 1 development; or
- (b) Schedule 2 development likely to have significant effects on the environment by virtue of factors such as its nature, size or location;
- “EIA order proposal” means an order proposal which relates to EIA development;
- “environmental information” means the environmental statement, including any further information and any other information, any representations made by any body required by these Regulations to be invited to make representations, and any representations duly made by any other person about the environmental effects of the development;
- “environmental statement” has the meaning given by regulation 18;
- “European site” means a site within the meaning of regulation 8 of F90the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017;
- F136“EU environmental assessment” means an assessment...
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