The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2015
These Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011 (“the 2011 Regulations”). The 2011 Regulations implement, in relation to town and country planning, EU Directive 2011/92/EU (“the Directive”) on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment. The Directive requires that development consent for projects which are likely to have significant effects on the environment should be granted only after an assessment of those effects. The 2011 Regulations require that projects which are above a certain size, or meet prescribed criteria, must be screened to determine whether they are likely to have significant environmental effects and, consequently, are subject to the requirement for an environmental impact assessment.
Lifecycle
Department
Made
11 Mar 2015
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In force
06 Apr 2015
Enabling power
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and section 71A(1) and (2) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, and having taken into account the selection criteria in Annexto Council Directive 2011/92/as adopted by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union on 13th December 2011, makes the following Regulations: III EU
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