The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

• Citation: S.I. 2015/660
• Sections: 5

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 6th April 2015.

Section 2 Interpretation

(1) In these Regulations, “the 2011 Regulations ” means the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011 .

(2) Expressions used in these Regulations have the same meaning as they have for the purposes of the 2011 Regulations.

Section 3 Amendment of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011

(1) Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 to the 2011 Regulations is amended as follows.

(2) In the Table, for paragraphs 10(a) to (c) in Column 1 and the corresponding entry in Column 2, substitute—

(i) The development includes more than 1 hectare of urban development which is not dwellinghouse development; or

(ii) the development includes more than 150 dwellings; or

(iii) the overall area of the development exceeds 5 hectares.

The area of the development exceeds 0.5 hectare.

Section 4 Transitional and savings provisions

Where, prior to the date on which these Regulations come into force, an event has occurred, or a direction is made, which determines for the purposes of regulation 4(1) or (3), as the case may be, of the 2011 Regulations that development is EIA development then nothing in these Regulations affects that determination.

Section 5 Transitional and savings provisions

(1) This regulation applies to a subsequent application in respect of EIA development which—

(a) was determined to be EIA development prior to the date on which these Regulations come into force;

(b) relates to development which is no longer Schedule 2 development as a result of these Regulations; and

(c) would otherwise be an application to which regulation 8(1) of the 2011 Regulations applies.

(2) In cases where this regulation applies, the development shall continue to be treated as Schedule 2 development for the purposes of regulation 8 of the 2011 Regulations.