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9 Waste disposal installations for the incineration, chemical treatment (as defined in Annex I to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste[^f00033] under heading D9), or landfill of hazardous waste as defined in point 2 of Article 3 of that Directive).

10 Waste disposal installations for the incineration or chemical treatment (as defined in Annex I to Directive 2008/98/EC under heading D9) of non‑hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 100 tonnes per day.

11 Groundwater abstraction or artificial groundwater recharge schemes where the annual volume of water abstracted or recharged is equivalent to or exceeds 10 million cubic metres.

12 1 Works for the transfer of water resources, other than piped drinking water, between river basins where the transfer aims at preventing possible shortages of water and where the amount of water transferred exceeds 100 million cubic metres per year. 2 In all other cases, works for the transfer of water resources, other than piped drinking water, between river basins where the multi‑annual average flow of the basin of abstraction exceeds 2,000 million cubic metres per year and where the amount of water transferred exceeds 5% of this flow.

13 Waste water treatment plants with a capacity exceeding 150,000 population equivalent as defined in Article 2(6) of Council Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban waste-water treatment[^f00034].

14 Extraction of petroleum and natural gas for commercial purposes where the amount extracted exceeds 500 tonnes per day in the case of petroleum and 500,000 cubic metres per day in the case of gas.

15 Dams and other installations designed for the holding back or permanent storage of water, where a new or additional amount of water held back or stored exceeds 10 million cubic metres.

16 Pipelines with a diameter of more than 800 millimetres and a length of more than 40 kilometres for the transport of— a gas, oil or chemicals; b carbon dioxide streams for the purposes of geological storage, including associated booster stations.

17 Installations for the intensive rearing of poultry or pigs with more than— a 85,000 places for broilers or 60,000 places for hens; b 3,000 places for production pigs (over 30 kg); or c 900 places for sows.

18 Industrial plants for— a the production of pulp from timber or similar fibrous materials; b the production of paper and board with a production capacity exceeding 200 tonnes per day.

19 Quarries and open‑cast mining where the surface of the site exceeds 25 hectares, or peat extraction where the surface of the site exceeds 150 hectares.

20 Construction of overhead electrical power lines with a voltage of 220 kV or more and a length of more than 15 km.

21 Installations for storage of petroleum, petrochemical or chemical products with a capacity of 200,000 tonnes or more.

22 Storage sites pursuant to Directive 2009/31/EC[^f00035] of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide.

23 Installations for the capture of carbon dioxide streams for the purposes of geological storage pursuant to Directive 2009/31/EC from installations referred to in this Schedule, or where the total yearly capture of carbon dioxide is 1.5 megatonnes or more.

24 Any change to or extension of development listed in this Schedule where such a change or extension in itself meets the thresholds, if any, or description of development set out in this Schedule.

SCHEDULE 2 — DESCRIPTIONS OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE DEFINITION OF “SCHEDULE 2 DEVELOPMENT”

1

Agriculture, silviculture and aquaculture

• (a) projects for the restructuring of rural land holdings;

• (b) projects for the use of uncultivated land or semi-natural areas for intensive agricultural purposes;

• (c) water management projects for agriculture, including irrigation and land drainage projects;

• (d) initial afforestation and deforestation for the purposes of conversion to another type of land use;

• (e) intensive livestock installation (where not included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations);

• (f) intensive fish farming;

• (g) reclamation of land from the sea.

2

Extractive industry

• (a) quarries, open-cast mining and peat extraction (where not included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations);

• (b) underground mining;

• (c) extraction of minerals by marine or fluvial dredging;

• (d) deep drillings, in particular—

• (i) geothermal drilling;

• (ii) drilling for the storage of nuclear waste material;

• (iii) drilling for water supplies,

with the exception of drillings for investigating the stability of the soil,

• (e) surface industrial installations for the extraction of coal, petroleum, natural gas and ores, as well as bituminous shale.

3

Energy industry

• (a) industrial installations for the production of electricity, steam and hot water (projects not included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations);

• (b) industrial installations for carrying gas, steam and hot water; transmission of electrical energy by overhead cables (projects not included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations);

• (c) surface storage of natural gas;

• (d) underground storage of combustible gases;

• (e) surface storage of fossil fuels;

• (f) industrial briquetting of coal and lignite;

• (g) installations for the processing and storage of radioactive waste (unless included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations);

• (h) installations for hydroelectric energy production;

• (i) installations for the harnessing of wind power for energy production (wind farms);

• (j) installations for the capture of CO2 streams for the purposes of geological storage (pursuant to Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the Energy Act 2008 and any law that implemented Directive 2009/31/EC) from installations not included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations.

4

Production and processing of metals

• (a) installations for the production of pig iron or steel (primary or secondary fusion) including continuous casting;

• (b) installations for the processing of ferrous metals:

• (i) hot-rolling mills;

• (ii) smitheries with hammers;

• (iii) application of protective fused metal coats;

• (c) ferrous metal foundries;

• (d) installations for the smelting, including the alloyage, of non-ferrous metals, excluding precious metals, including recovered products (refining, foundry casting etc.);

• (e) installations for surface treatment of metals and plastic materials using an electrolytic or chemical process;

• (f) manufacture and assembly of motor vehicles and manufacture of motor-vehicle engines;

• (g) shipyards;

• (h) installations for the construction and repair of aircraft;

• (i) manufacture of railway equipment;

• (j) swaging by explosives;

• (k) installations for the roasting and sintering of metallic ores.

5

Mineral industry

• (a) coke ovens (dry coal distillation);

• (b) installations for the manufacture of cement;

• (c) installations for the production of asbestos and the manufacture of asbestos products (projects not included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations);

• (d) installations for the manufacture of glass including glass fibre;

• (e) installations for smelting mineral substances including the production of mineral fibres;

• (f) manufacture of ceramic products by burning, in particular roofing tiles, bricks, refractory bricks, tiles, stoneware or porcelain.

6

Chemical industry (Projects not included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations)

• (a) treatment of intermediate products and production of chemicals;

• (b) production of pesticides and pharmaceutical products, paint and varnishes, elastomers and peroxides;

• (c) storage facilities for petroleum, petrochemical and chemical products.

7

Food industry

• (a) manufacture of vegetable and animal oils and fats;

• (b) packing and canning of animal and vegetable products;

• (c) manufacture of dairy products;

• (d) brewing and malting;

• (e) confectionery and syrup manufacture;

• (f) installations for the slaughter of animals;

• (g) industrial starch manufacturing installations;

• (h) fish-meal and fish-oil factories;

• (i) sugar factories.

8

Textile, leather, wood and paper industries

• (a) industrial plants for the production of paper and board (unless included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations);

• (b) plants for the pre-treatment (operations such as washing, bleaching, mercerisation) or dyeing of fibres or textiles;

• (c) plants for the tanning of hides and skins;

• (d) cellulose-processing and production installations.

9

Rubber industry - Manufacture and treatment of elastomer-based products.

10

Infrastructure projects

• (a) industrial estate development projects;

• (b) urban development projects, including the construction of shopping centres and car parks, sports stadiums, leisure centres and multiplex cinemas;

• (c) construction of intermodal transshipment facilities and of intermodal terminals (unless included in Schedule 1to these Regulations);

• (d) construction of railways (unless included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations);

• (e) construction of airfields (unless included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations);

• (f) construction of roads (unless included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations);

• (g) construction of harbours and port installations including fishing harbours (unless included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations);

• (h) inland-waterway construction not included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations, canalisation and flood-relief works;

• (i) dams and other installations designed to hold water or store it on a long-term basis (unless included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations);

• (j) tramways, elevated and underground railways, suspended lines or similar lines of a particular type, used exclusively or mainly for passenger transport;

• (k) oil and gas pipeline installations and pipelines for the transport of carbon dioxide streams for the purposes of geological storage (unless included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations);

• (l) installations of long-distance aqueducts;

• (m) coastal work to combat erosion and maritime works capable of altering the coast through the construction, for example, of dykes, moles, jetties and other sea defence works, excluding the maintenance and reconstruction of such works;

• (n) groundwater abstraction and artificial groundwater recharge schemes not included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;

• (o) works for the transfer of water resources between river basins not included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations;

• (p) motorway service areas.

11

Other projects

• (a) permanent racing and test tracks for motorised vehicles;

• (b) installations for the disposal of waste (unless included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations);

• (c) waste-water treatment plants (unless included in Schedule 1 to these Regulations);

• (d) sludge-deposition sites;

• (e) storage of scrap iron, including scrap vehicles;

• (f) test benches for engines, turbines or reactors;

• (g) installations for the manufacture of artificial mineral fibres;

• (h) installations for the recovery or destruction of explosive substances;

• (i) knackers' yards.

12

Tourism and leisure

• (a) ski-runs, ski-lifts and cable-cars and associated developments;

• (b) marinas;

• (c) holiday villages and hotel complexes outside urban areas and associated developments;

• (d) theme parks;

• (e) permanent camp sites and caravan sites;

• (f) golf courses and associated developments.

13

• (1) Any change to or extension of development of a description listed in Schedule 1 to these Regulations (other than a change or extension falling within paragraph 21 of that Schedule) or in paragraphs 1 to 12 of this Schedule, where that development is already authorised, executed or in the process of being executed, and the change or extension may have significant adverse effects on the environment;

• (2) development of a description mentioned in Schedule 1 to these Regulations undertaken exclusively or mainly for the development and testing of new methods or products and not used for more than two years.

SCHEDULE 3 — SELECTION CRITERIA FOR SCREENING SCHEDULE 2 DEVELOPMENT

Characteristics of development

1

The characteristics of development must be considered with particular regard to—

• (a) the size and design of the whole development;

• (b) cumulation with other existing development and/or approved development;

• (c) the use of natural resources, in particular land, soil, water and biodiversity;

• (d) the production of waste;

• (e) pollution and nuisances;

• (f) the risk of major accidents and/or disasters relevant to the development concerned, including those caused by climate change, in accordance with scientific knowledge;

• (g) the risks to human health (for example due to water contamination or air pollution).

Location of development

2

• (1) The environmental sensitivity of geographical areas likely to be affected by development must be considered with particular regard to—

• (a) the existing and approved land use;

• (b) the relative abundance, availability, quality and regenerative capacity of natural resources (including soil, land, water and biodiversity) in the area and its underground;

• (c) the absorption capacity of the natural environment, paying particular attention to the following areas—

• (i) wetlands, riparian areas, river mouths;

• (ii) coastal zones and the marine environment;

• (iii) mountain and forest areas;

• (iv) nature reserves and parks;

• (v) European sites and other areas classified or protected under national legislation

• (vi) areas in which there has already been a failure to meet the environmental quality standards, laid down in assimilated law and relevant to the project, or in which it is considered that there is such a failure;

• (vii) densely populated areas;

• (viii) landscapes and sites of historical, cultural or archaeological significance.

• (2) In this Schedule “European site” means a site within the meaning of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017.

Types and characteristics of the potential impact

3

The likely significant effects of the development on the environment must be considered in relation to criteria set out in paragraphs 1 and 2, with regard to the impact of the development on the factors specified in regulation 5(2), taking into account—

• (a) the magnitude and spatial extent of the impact (for example geographical area and size of the population likely to be affected);

• (b) the nature of the impact;

• (c) the transboundary nature of the impact;

• (d) the intensity and complexity of the impact;

• (e) the probability of the impact;

• (f) the expected onset, duration, frequency and reversibility of the impact;

• (g) the cumulation of the impact with the impact of other existing and/or approved development;

• (h) the possibility of effectively reducing the impact.

SCHEDULE 4 — INFORMATION FOR INCLUSION IN ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENTS

1

A description of the development, including in particular—

• (a) a description of the location of the development;

• (b) a description of the physical characteristics of the whole development, including, where relevant, requisite demolition works, and the land-use requirements during the construction and operational phases;

• (c) a description of the main characteristics of the operational phase of the development (in particular any production process), for instance, energy demand and energy used, nature and quantity of the materials and natural resources (including water, land, soil and biodiversity) used;

• (d) an estimate, by type and quantity, of expected residues and emissions (such as water, air, soil and subsoil pollution, noise, vibration, light, heat, radiation and quantities and types of waste produced during the construction and operation phases.

2

A description of the reasonable alternatives (for example in terms of development design, technology, location, size and scale) studied by the developer, which are relevant to the proposed project and its specific characteristics, and an indication of the main reasons for selecting the chosen option, including a comparison of the environmental effects.

3

A description of the relevant aspects of the current state of the environment (baseline scenario) and an outline of the likely evolution thereof without implementation of the development as far as natural changes from the baseline scenario can be assessed with reasonable effort on the basis of the availability of environmental information and scientific knowledge.

4

A description of the factors specified in regulation 5(2) likely to be significantly affected by the development: population, human health, biodiversity (for example fauna and flora), land (for example land take), soil (for example organic matter, erosion, compaction, sealing), water (for example hydromorphological changes, quantity and quality), air, climate (for example greenhouse gas emissions, impacts relevant to adaptation), material assets, cultural heritage, including architectural and archaeological aspects, and landscape.

5

A description of the likely significant effects of the development on the environment resulting from, inter alia—

• (a) the construction and existence of the development, including, where relevant, demolition works;

• (b) the use of natural resources, in particular land, soil, water and biodiversity, considering as far as possible the sustainable availability of these resources;

• (c) the emission of pollutants, noise, vibration, light, heat and radiation, the creation of nuisances, and the disposal and recovery of waste;

• (d) the risks to human health, cultural heritage or the environment (for example due to accidents or disasters);

• (e) the cumulation of effects with other existing and/or approved projects, taking into account any existing environmental problems relating to areas of particular environmental importance likely to be affected or the use of natural resources;

• (f) the impact of the project on climate (for example the nature and magnitude of greenhouse gas emissions) and the vulnerability of the project to climate change;

• (g) the technologies and the substances used.

6

A description of the forecasting methods or evidence, used to identify and assess the significant effects on the environment, including details of difficulties (for example technical deficiencies or lack of knowledge) encountered compiling the required information and the main uncertainties involved.

7

A description of the measures envisaged to avoid, prevent, reduce or, if possible, offset any identified significant adverse effects on the environment and, where appropriate, of any proposed monitoring arrangements (for example the preparation of a post-project analysis). That description should explain the extent, to which significant adverse effects on the environment are avoided, prevented, reduced or offset, and should cover both the construction and operational phases.

8

A description of the expected significant adverse effects of the development on the environment deriving from the vulnerability of the development to risks of major accidents and/or disasters which are relevant to the project concerned. Relevant information available and obtained through risk assessments pursuant to assimilated law such as any law that implemented Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council or Council Directive 2009/71/Euratom or UK environmental assessments may be used for this purpose provided that the requirements of any law that implemented this Directive are met. Where appropriate, this description should include measures envisaged to prevent or mitigate the significant adverse effects of such events on the environment and details of the preparedness for and proposed response to such emergencies.

9

A non-technical summary of the information provided under paragraphs 1 to 8.

10

A reference list detailing the sources used for the descriptions and assessments included in the environmental statement.

SCHEDULE 5

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government

Gavin Barwell — Minister of State — 2017-04-18

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2008/301.

[^f00002]: 1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).

[^f00003]: OJ No. L 26, 28.1.2012, p.1.

[^f00004]: 2015 c.26. Section 30(3) was amended by section 19 of the Enterprise Act 2016 (c.12).

[^f00005]: 2008, c. 29.

[^f00006]: Section 115 was amended by sections 128 and 237 of, paragraphs 1 and 56 of Part 1 of Schedule 13 to, and Part 20 of Schedule 25 to, the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20); by section 43 of the Wales Act 2017 (c.4); and by section 160 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).

[^f00007]: Section 42 was amended by section 23 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23).

[^f00008]: S.I. 2009/2264; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2010/439, 2012/2654, 2012/2732, 2013/522, 2013/755, 2014/469, 2015/377, 2015/1682.

[^f00009]: Section 43 was amended by section 23 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, and by section 133 of the Localism Act 2011.

[^f00010]: OJ No. L 26, 28.1.2012, p.1-21. Council Directive 2011/92/EU has been amended by Council Directive 2014/52/EU, OJ No. L 124, 25.4.2014, p. 1–18.

[^f00011]: Under Part 6 of the Act the Secretary of State must decide whether an accepted application for an order granting development consent is to be handled by a Panel or by a single appointed person. The Panel or single appointed person (known as the “Examining authority”) must conduct an examination of the application and make a report to the Secretary of State setting out the Examining authority’s findings and conclusions in respect of the application and its recommendation as to the decision to be made by the Secretary of State on the application.

[^f00012]: 1972 c. 68. Section 2(1) was amended by section 3(3), and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).

[^f00013]: Section 39 was amended by section 128 of, and paragraphs 7(2) and 7(3) of Schedule 13 to, the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20).

[^f00014]: OJ No. L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7.

[^f00015]: OJ No. L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7.

[^f00016]: Section 42 was amended by section 3 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.

[^f00017]: See regulations 7 and 8 for the Secretary of State’s role, and regulation 19 for the Examining authority’s role.

[^f00018]: S.I. 2004/3391, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00019]: S.I. 2004/520, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00020]: Section 47 was amended by section 134 of the Localism Act.

[^f00021]: Section 56 was amended by sections 128 and 138(2) of, and paragraphs 1 and 14 of Schedule 13 to, the Localism Act 2011, and by section 23(5) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23).

[^f00022]: S.I. 2009/2264, amended by S.I. 2012/635; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

[^f00023]: S.I. 2010/490. Regulation 61 was amended by S.I. 2012/1927.

[^f00024]: S.I. 2009/2264, amended by S.I. 2012/635; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

[^f00025]: S.I. 2009/2264; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2010/602, 2012/635, 2012/2732, 2013/522 and 2014/2381.

[^f00026]: S.I. 2009/2263, amended by S.I. 2011/988, 2011/1043, 2011/2741, 2012/635, 2012/787.

[^f00027]: S.I. 2011/2741.

[^f00028]: S.I. 2012/787.

[^f00029]: S.I. 2012/635.

[^f00030]: S.I. 2009/2263, amended by S.I. 2011/988, 2011/1043, 2011/2741, 2012/635, 2012/787.

[^f00031]: Command Paper 6614.

[^f00032]: Command Paper 6993.

[^f00033]: OJ No. L 312, 22.11.2008, p.3.

[^f00034]: OJ No. L 135, 30.5.1991, p.40, last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1137/2008 (OJ No. L 311, 21.11.2008, p.1).

[^f00035]: OJ No L 140, 5.6.2009, p.114

[^f00036]: S.I. 2010/490, amended by S.I. 2012/1927; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

[^f00037]: OJ No. L 206, 22.7.1992, p.7.

[^f00038]: OJ No. L 20, 26.1.2010, p.7.

[^f00039]: OJ No. L 197, 24.7.2012, p. 1.

[^f00040]: OJ No. L 172, 2.7.2009, p. 18.

[^f00041]: S.I. 2009/2263, amended by S.I. 2011/988, 2011/1043, 2011/2741, 2012/635, 2012/787.

[^f00042]: OJ No. L 26, 28.1.2012, p. 1-21.

[^f00043]: OJ No. L 124, 25.4.2014, p. 1-18.

[^f00044]: OJ No. L 206, 22.7.1992, p.7.

[^f00045]: OJ No. L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7.

[^f00046]: OJ No. L 124, 25.4.2014, p. 1-18.

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) ;

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

• “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 is not to be treated as development of the description mentioned in paragraph 2(2) of this Schedule.

Descriptions of development

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

1

Crude‑oil refineries (excluding undertakings manufacturing only lubricants from crude‑oil) and installations for the gasification and liquefaction of 500 tonnes or more of coal or bituminous shale per day.

2

• (1) Thermal power stations and other combustion installations with a heat output of 300 megawatts or more.

• (2) Nuclear power stations and other nuclear reactors (except research installations for the production and conversion of fissionable and fertile material, whose maximum power does not exceed 1 kilowatt continuous thermal load).

3

• (1) Installations for the reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuel.

• (2) Installations designed—

• (a) for the production or enrichment of nuclear fuel;

• (b) for the processing of irradiated nuclear fuel or high‑level radioactive waste;

• (c) for the final disposal of irradiated nuclear fuel;

• (d) solely for the final disposal of radioactive waste;

• (e) solely for the storage (planned for more than ten years) of irradiated nuclear fuels or radioactive waste in a different site than the production site.

4

• (1) Integrated works for the initial smelting of cast‑iron and steel.

• (2) Installations for the production of non‑ferrous crude metals from ore, concentrates or secondary raw materials by metallurgical, chemical or electrolytic processes.

5

Installations for the extraction of asbestos and for the processing and transformation of asbestos and products containing asbestos—

• (a) for asbestos‑cement products, with an annual production of more than 20,000 tonnes of finished products;

• (b) for friction material, with an annual production of more than 50 tonnes of finished products; and

• (c) for other uses of asbestos, utilisation of more than 200 tonnes per year.

6

Integrated chemical installations, that is to say, installations for the manufacture on an industrial scale of substances using chemical conversion processes, in which several units are juxtaposed and are functionally linked to one another and which are—

• (a) for the production of basic organic chemicals;

• (b) for the production of basic inorganic chemicals;

• (c) for the production of phosphorous–, nitrogen– or potassium‑based fertilisers (simple or compound fertilisers);

• (d) for the production of basic plant health products and of biocides;

• (e) for the production of basic pharmaceutical products using a chemical or biological process;

• (f) for the production of explosives.

7

• (1) Construction of lines for long‑distance railway traffic and of airports with a basic runway length of 2,100 metres or more.

• (2) Construction of motorways and express roads.

• (3) Construction of a new road of four or more lanes, or realignment and/or widening of an existing road of two lanes or less so as to provide four or more lanes, where such new road, or realigned and/or widened section of road, would be 10 kilometres or more in a continuous length.

8

• (1) Inland waterways and ports for inland‑waterway traffic which permit the passage of vessels of over 1,350 tonnes.

• (2) Trading ports, piers for loading and unloading connected to land and outside ports (excluding ferry piers) which can take vessels of over 1,350 tonnes.

9

Waste disposal installations for the incineration, chemical treatment (as defined in Annex I to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste, as last amended by Directive (EU) 2018/851, under heading D9), or landfill of hazardous waste as defined in point 2 of Article 3 of that Directive).

10

Waste disposal installations for the incineration or chemical treatment (as defined in Annex I to Directive 2008/98/EC under heading D9) of non‑hazardous waste with a capacity exceeding 100 tonnes per day.

11

Groundwater abstraction or artificial groundwater recharge schemes where the annual volume of water abstracted or recharged is equivalent to or exceeds 10 million cubic metres.

12

• (1) Works for the transfer of water resources, other than piped drinking water, between river basins where the transfer aims at preventing possible shortages of water and where the amount of water transferred exceeds 100 million cubic metres per year.

• (2) In all other cases, works for the transfer of water resources, other than piped drinking water, between river basins where the multi‑annual average flow of the basin of abstraction exceeds 2,000 million cubic metres per year and where the amount of water transferred exceeds 5% of this flow.

13

Waste water treatment plants with a capacity exceeding 150,000 population equivalent as defined in Article 2(6) of Council Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban waste-water treatment .

14

Extraction of petroleum and natural gas for commercial purposes where the amount extracted exceeds 500 tonnes per day in the case of petroleum and 500,000 cubic metres per day in the case of gas.

15

Dams and other installations designed for the holding back or permanent storage of water, where a new or additional amount of water held back or stored exceeds 10 million cubic metres.

16

Pipelines with a diameter of more than 800 millimetres and a length of more than 40 kilometres for the transport of—

• (a) gas, oil or chemicals;

• (b) carbon dioxide streams for the purposes of geological storage, including associated booster stations.

17

Installations for the intensive rearing of poultry or pigs with more than—

• (a) 85,000 places for broilers or 60,000 places for hens;

• (b) 3,000 places for production pigs (over 30 kg); or

• (c) 900 places for sows.

18

Industrial plants for—

• (a) the production of pulp from timber or similar fibrous materials;

• (b) the production of paper and board with a production capacity exceeding 200 tonnes per day.

19

Quarries and open‑cast mining where the surface of the site exceeds 25 hectares, or peat extraction where the surface of the site exceeds 150 hectares.

20

Construction of overhead electrical power lines with a voltage of 220 kV or more and a length of more than 15 km.

21

Installations for storage of petroleum, petrochemical or chemical products with a capacity of 200,000 tonnes or more.

22

Storage sites pursuant to Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the Energy Act 2008 and any law that implemented Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide.

23

Installations for the capture of carbon dioxide streams for the purposes of geological storage (pursuant to Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the Energy Act 2008 and any law that implemented Directive 2009/31/EC) from installations referred to in this Schedule, or where the total yearly capture of carbon dioxide is 1.5 megatonnes or more.

24

Any change to or extension of development listed in this Schedule where such a change or extension in itself meets the thresholds, if any, or description of development set out in this Schedule.

Editorial notes

[^c23045031]: S.I. 2008/301.

[^c23045041]: 1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).

[^c23045051]: OJ No. L 26, 28.1.2012, p.1.

[^c23045061]: 2015 c.26. Section 30(3) was amended by section 19 of the Enterprise Act 2016 (c.12).

[^c23045071]: 2008, c. 29.

[^c23045081]: Section 115 was amended by sections 128 and 237 of, paragraphs 1 and 56 of Part 1 of Schedule 13 to, and Part 20 of Schedule 25 to, the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20); by section 43 of the Wales Act 2017 (c.4); and by section 160 of the Housing and Planning Act 2016 (c. 22).

[^c23045091]: Section 42 was amended by section 23 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23).

[^c23045101]: S.I. 2009/2264; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2010/439, 2012/2654, 2012/2732, 2013/522, 2013/755, 2014/469, 2015/377, 2015/1682.

[^c23045111]: Section 43 was amended by section 23 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, and by section 133 of the Localism Act 2011.

[^c23045121]: OJ No. L 26, 28.1.2012, p.1-21. Council Directive 2011/92/EU has been amended by Council Directive 2014/52/EU, OJ No. L 124, 25.4.2014, p. 1–18.

[^c23045131]: Under Part 6 of the Act the Secretary of State must decide whether an accepted application for an order granting development consent is to be handled by a Panel or by a single appointed person. The Panel or single appointed person (known as the “Examining authority”) must conduct an examination of the application and make a report to the Secretary of State setting out the Examining authority's findings and conclusions in respect of the application and its recommendation as to the decision to be made by the Secretary of State on the application.

[^c23045151]: Section 39 was amended by section 128 of, and paragraphs 7(2) and 7(3) of Schedule 13 to, the Localism Act 2011 (c. 20).

[^c23045161]: OJ No. L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7.

[^c23045171]: OJ No. L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7.

[^c23045181]: Section 42 was amended by section 3 of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009.

[^c23045191]: See regulations 7 and 8 for the Secretary of State's role, and regulation 19 for the Examining authority's role.

[^c23045201]: S.I. 2004/3391, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^c23045211]: S.I. 2004/520, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^c23045221]: Section 47 was amended by section 134 of the Localism Act.

[^c23045231]: Section 56 was amended by sections 128 and 138(2) of, and paragraphs 1 and 14 of Schedule 13 to, the Localism Act 2011, and by section 23(5) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c. 23).

[^c23045241]: S.I. 2009/2264, amended by S.I. 2012/635; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

[^c23045261]: S.I. 2009/2264, amended by S.I. 2012/635; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.

[^c23045271]: S.I. 2009/2264; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2010/602, 2012/635, 2012/2732, 2013/522 and 2014/2381.

[^c23045281]: S.I. 2009/2263, amended by S.I. 2011/988, 2011/1043, 2011/2741, 2012/635, 2012/787.

[^c23045291]: S.I. 2011/2741.

[^c23045301]: S.I. 2012/787.

[^c23045311]: S.I. 2012/635.

[^c23045321]: S.I. 2009/2263, amended by S.I. 2011/988, 2011/1043, 2011/2741, 2012/635, 2012/787.

[^c23045331]: Command Paper 6614.

[^c23045341]: Command Paper 6993.

[^c23045361]: OJ No. L 135, 30.5.1991, p.40, last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1137/2008 (OJ No. L 311, 21.11.2008, p.1).

[^c23045371]: OJ No L 140, 5.6.2009, p.114

[^c23045391]: OJ No. L 206, 22.7.1992, p.7.

[^c23045401]: OJ No. L 20, 26.1.2010, p.7.

[^c23045411]: OJ No. L 197, 24.7.2012, p. 1.

[^c23045421]: OJ No. L 172, 2.7.2009, p. 18.

[^c23045481]: S.I. 2009/2263, amended by S.I. 2011/988, 2011/1043, 2011/2741, 2012/635, 2012/787.

[^c23045491]: OJ No. L 26, 28.1.2012, p. 1-21.

[^c23045501]: OJ No. L 124, 25.4.2014, p. 1-18.

[^c23045511]: OJ No. L 206, 22.7.1992, p.7.

[^c23045521]: OJ No. L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7.

[^c23045531]: OJ No. L 124, 25.4.2014, p. 1-18.

[^key-baa2bddfdfcc6068dd00c1ea46e61d59]: Words in reg. 26(2) substituted (30.11.2017) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1012), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 80(2)

[^key-1c611fe222c646c43a67f86e5855dd53]: Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(2) substituted (30.11.2017) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1012), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 80(3)

[^key-60d93ecac485d4d59e5dd93f85b7e4fc]: Word in Sch. 1 inserted (6.8.2018) by The Nuclear Reactors (Environmental Impact Assessment for Decommissioning) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/834), regs. 1(2), 21 (with reg. 22)

[^key-0d4582333d2228ffbfeecf3ea6fa2517]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 9 substituted (17.9.2018) by The Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/942), regs. 1(2), 28

[^key-c4b7eddca2b6d7545cc0be6364e49b0a]: Words in reg. 3(1) inserted (1.10.2018) by The Town and Country Planning and Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/695), regs. 1, 6(2)

[^key-93d5d281a5c0bdcd5f4cfd602fa748d5]: Reg. 8(3A) inserted (1.10.2018) by The Town and Country Planning and Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/695), regs. 1, 6(3)

[^key-07db9c79421df4d671df0f459b169ef6]: Reg. 19(6)(e) substituted (1.10.2018) by The Town and Country Planning and Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/695), regs. 1, 6(4)(a)

[^key-0e6afe73669910a6a6b376995da142e1]: Word in reg. 19(6)(h)(ii) substituted (1.10.2018) by The Town and Country Planning and Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/695), regs. 1, 6(4)(b)

[^key-b86aedf3dd1609efba40b3a913a1ecdc]: Reg. 20(3)(e) substituted (1.10.2018) by The Town and Country Planning and Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/695), regs. 1, 6(5)(a)

[^key-ef20c8c632fb0a6d5b4c18cac7e57246]: Word in reg. 20(3)(h)(ii) substituted (1.10.2018) by The Town and Country Planning and Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/695), regs. 1, 6(5)(b)(i)

[^key-cd279abf639663db99b3fdeee2e0d865]: Reg. 20(3)(i): reg. 20(3)(h)(iii) renumbered as reg. 20(3)(i) (1.10.2018) by The Town and Country Planning and Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/695), regs. 1, 6(5)(b)(ii)

[^key-be3cb423da0e9b508b5b9c8ad9dcc5fb]: Word in reg. 22(3)(d) substituted (1.10.2018) by The Town and Country Planning and Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/695), regs. 1, 6(6)

[^key-b6bfff0ed0e1304d3d485e5245437eb4]: Reg. 24(3)(d) substituted (1.10.2018) by The Town and Country Planning and Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/695), regs. 1, 6(7)

[^key-562ba1506025cbebbeea9eb3a927d3e2]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 10(k) inserted (1.10.2018) by The Town and Country Planning and Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/695), regs. 1, 6(8)

[^key-fb38cc6371f30550f00df0db895c6d1f]: Words in reg. 20(3)(i) substituted (1.10.2018) by The Town and Country Planning and Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/695), regs. 1, 6(5)(b)(iii)

[^key-139c462c142ae58f598afac13f581e47]: Words in Sch. 5 inserted (1.10.2018) by The Town and Country Planning and Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/695), regs. 1, 6(9)(a)(i)

[^key-f57d082abc2e69490ff5ff6baeab9435]: Words in Sch. 5 substituted (1.10.2018) by The Town and Country Planning and Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/695), regs. 1, 6(9)(a)(ii)

[^key-ea20469f5fe61d11a33575ebf19820b6]: Words in Sch. 5 inserted (1.10.2018) by The Town and Country Planning and Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/695), regs. 1, 6(9)(b)(i)

[^key-0e4d98dad37a477f043fd2a1fc69fd1a]: Words in Sch. 5 substituted (1.10.2018) by The Town and Country Planning and Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/695), regs. 1, 6(9)(b)(ii)

[^key-ec0d53e1c6d39cb82af56154bb81c2e1]: Words in Sch. 5 substituted (1.10.2018) by The Town and Country Planning and Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/695), regs. 1, 6(9)(c)

[^key-d31829e92c4d6944e277edc0d899e7f1]: Words in Sch. 5 inserted (1.10.2018) by The Town and Country Planning and Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/695), regs. 1, 6(9)(d)(i)

[^key-5012c65a9c7f7835123e8984164e2295]: Words in Sch. 5 substituted (1.10.2018) by The Town and Country Planning and Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/695), regs. 1, 6(9)(d)(ii)

[^key-c2325b2294c82d698fcd1af3f7cb3cd8]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 9 substituted (1.10.2020) by The Waste (Circular Economy) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/904), regs. 1(1), 23

[^key-e9b43f9439e1e52288651c0b5760a244]: Words in reg. 3(1) added (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Planning (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1232), regs. 1(2), 7(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-a5905ca5d45f439dca5035aa82964c1b]: Words in reg. 3(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Planning (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1232), regs. 1(2), 7(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-5a237759468548f074b020e2038ec92d]: Word in reg. 32(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Planning (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1232), regs. 1(2), 7(6)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-fb988b182511e1af40acf4fb100eb624]: Word in reg. 32(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Planning (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1232), regs. 1(2), 7(6)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-c886633d649a6a7e7bd6066bde6ab501]: Words in reg. 32(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Planning (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1232), regs. 1(2), 7(6)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-1446dd05a70121044ada99b61c85e37b]: Words in reg. 32(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Planning (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1232), regs. 1(2), 7(6)(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-d0014d14fc8e4ce57d5c3844d0b005ba]: Word in reg. 32(6)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Planning (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1232), regs. 1(2), 7(6)(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-c056cb0d624b60cb38aa29b44de5a722]: Reg. 19(6)(b)(via)-(vic) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before 11 p.m.) by The Infrastructure Planning (Publication and Notification of Applications etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1534), regs. 1, 5(2)(b) (with reg. 7)

[^key-45ca89bfedfaf73e279e4f260019d09a]: Reg. 19(6)(b)(vi)(aa) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before 11 p.m.) by virtue of The Infrastructure Planning (Publication and Notification of Applications etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1534), regs. 1, 5(2)(a) (with reg. 7)

[^key-950192d69216122d455a89bf35859257]: Words in reg. 19(6)(b)(vii) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before 11 p.m.) by The Infrastructure Planning (Publication and Notification of Applications etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1534), regs. 1, 5(2)(c) (with reg. 7)

[^key-16d846890e2ad29b16e09e5c5ddc1caf]: Reg. 20(3)(b)(via)-(vic) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before 11 p.m.) by The Infrastructure Planning (Publication and Notification of Applications etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1534), regs. 1, 5(3)(b) (with reg. 7)

[^key-c8cb74fc04155153f98c7f021dbcc4a9]: Reg. 20(3)(b)(vi)(aa) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before 11 p.m.) by virtue of The Infrastructure Planning (Publication and Notification of Applications etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1534), regs. 1, 5(3)(a) (with reg. 7)

[^key-20b6b871a132d58731cf22a37db4ca46]: Words in reg. 20(3)(b)(vii) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before 11 p.m.) by The Infrastructure Planning (Publication and Notification of Applications etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1534), regs. 1, 5(3)(c) (with reg. 7)

[^key-228d24c1bad5f2665fb3034f91019e61]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 5 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Planning (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1232), regs. 1(2), 7(11)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-68794d6f4473f77be9b1c49bd85892cd]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 5 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Planning (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1232), regs. 1(2), 7(11)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-74e854c1825f039091c86e519084dbed]: Reg. 22(3)(a)(via)-(vic) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before 11 p.m.) by The Infrastructure Planning (Publication and Notification of Applications etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1534), regs. 1, 5(4)(b) (with reg. 7)

[^key-0c809c9f1fb2510cd7f01770ea97885e]: Reg. 22(3)(a)(vi)(aa) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before 11 p.m.) by virtue of The Infrastructure Planning (Publication and Notification of Applications etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1534), regs. 1, 5(4)(a) (with reg. 7)

[^key-b39572178c85dc11d268f60a312f7d21]: Words in reg. 22(3)(a)(vii) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before 11 p.m.) by The Infrastructure Planning (Publication and Notification of Applications etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1534), regs. 1, 5(4)(c) (with reg. 7)

[^key-ec35308b53d6780ee46634cff7557cab]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 8 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Planning (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1232), regs. 1(2), 7(11)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-29de5e63eb8e902cf8d286c1e29b57d5]: Words in Sch. 4 para. 8 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Planning (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1232), regs. 1(2), 7(11)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-e2f51acab284f2b875c7dde3c192f2bd]: Reg. 24(3)(b)(via)-(vic) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before 11 p.m.) by The Infrastructure Planning (Publication and Notification of Applications etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1534), regs. 1, 5(5)(b) (with reg. 7)

[^key-8794b30893f83666aa6bc15ff3fbdc15]: Reg. 24(3)(b)(vi)(aa) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before 11 p.m.) by virtue of The Infrastructure Planning (Publication and Notification of Applications etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1534), regs. 1, 5(5)(a) (with reg. 7)

[^key-532315a5a9ba728eb1c93bb40346852a]: Words in reg. 24(3)(b)(vii) inserted (31.12.2020 immediately before 11 p.m.) by The Infrastructure Planning (Publication and Notification of Applications etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1534), regs. 1, 5(5)(c) (with reg. 7)

[^key-9e79ac6d5375a889e4229eb4bec1e070]: Words in reg. 5(2)(b) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Planning (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1232), regs. 1(2), 7(3); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-4e68351d20bfe50f65f16217bd71a361]: Words in reg. 21(3)(c) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Planning (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1232), regs. 1(2), 7(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-0eede549de7adf45575df9bacf688e80]: Word in reg. 33(3)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Planning (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1232), regs. 1(2), 7(7)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-d31aeeb32e5f808eba2b188acf43b4f5]: Word in reg. 33(5)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Planning (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1232), regs. 1(2), 7(7)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-6cccc3747e3c145b9d93124c0374181a]: Reg. 33(6) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Planning (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1232), regs. 1(2), 7(7)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-869398ff05db0392d1abcd004d00c938]: Words in reg. 25(3)(c) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Planning (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1232), regs. 1(2), 7(5); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-3c61b833171982ea70109ca146b1a330]: Reg. 27(1) omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before 11 p.m.) by virtue of The Infrastructure Planning (Publication and Notification of Applications etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1534), regs. 1, 5(6) (with reg. 7)

[^key-e76ec0d506f02a72c2c963128fc8366f]: Reg. 27A omitted (31.12.2020 immediately before 11 p.m.) by virtue of The Infrastructure Planning (Publication and Notification of Applications etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1534), regs. 1, 5(7) (with reg. 7)

[^key-6d7397145aead290867972141d4accf3]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 22 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Planning (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1232), regs. 1(2), 7(8)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-d297447fb6bc7f69df76eac4f86df662]: Words in Sch. 1 para. 23 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Planning (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1232), regs. 1(2), 7(8)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-ad409e78e6f41d2bc407e745005c57ec]: Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(j) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Planning (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1232), regs. 1(2), 7(9); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-4f42129a8fede98fe13622c1c4842fc0]: Words in Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(c)(vi) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Planning (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1232), regs. 1(2), 7(10); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

[^key-329d115232a44ecd08402447a5c72205]: Word in reg. 3(1) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 5(a)

[^key-8bfbcc3def3ec46325c8becb3795fc65]: Word in Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(c)(vi) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 5(b)

[^key-63ad16d76b2fa122439882eb3b8297cc]: Word in Sch. 4 para. 8 substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 5(c)

Coronavirus: temporary modifications

27A

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Charges for copies of environmental statements

Availability of directions etc and notification of decisions

Decision notices

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

Development with significant transboundary effects

Exemptions

Service of notices etc

Objectivity and bias

Amendment of the Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedure) Regulations 2009

Revocation and transitional provision