Statutory Instrument 1999 No. 293

The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1999 No. 293

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING, ENGLANDAND WALES

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

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

PART I
General

1.	Citation, commencement and application

2.	Interpretation

3.	Prohibition on granting planning permission without consideration of environmental information

PART II
Screening

4.	General provisions relating to screening

5.	Requests for screening opinions of the local planning authority

6.	Requests for screening directions of the Secretary of State

PART III
Procedures Concerning Applications for Planning Permission

7.	Application made to a local planning authority without an environmental statement

8.	Application referred to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement

9.	Appeal to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement

PART IV
Preparation of Environmental Statements

10.	Scoping opinions of the local planning authority

11.	Scoping directions of the Secretary of State

12.	Procedure to facilitate preparation of environmental statements

PART V
Publicity and Procedures on Submission of Environmental Statements

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

14.	Publicity where an environmental statement is submitted after the planning application

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

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

17.	Availability of copies of environmental statements

18.	Charges for copies of environmental statements

19.	Further information and evidence respecting environmental statements

PART VI
Availability of Directions etc. and Notification of Decisions

20.	Availability of opinions, directions etc. for inspection

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

PART VII
Special Cases

22.	Development by a local planning authority

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

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

25.	Unauthorised development

26.	Unauthorised development with significant transboundary effects

PART VIII
Development with Significant Transboundary Effects

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

28.	Projects in another Member State likely to have significant transboundary effects

PART IX
Miscellaneous

29.	Service of notices etc.

30.	Application to the High Court

31.	Hazardous waste and material change of use

32.	Extension of the period for an authority's decision on a planning application

33.	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

34.	Revocation of Statutory Instruments and transitional provisions

35.	Miscellaneous and consequential amendments

SCHEDULES

Schedule 1

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

Schedule 2

Descriptions of development and applicable thresholds and criteria for the purposes of the definition of "Schedule 2 development"

Schedule 3

Selection criteria for screening Schedule 2 development

Schedule 4

Information for inclusion in environmental statements

Schedule 5

Statutory Instruments revoked