1
Development to provide a generating station (other than a generating station of a description set out in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1).
The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017 SCHEDULE 2 — Development requiring screening if no EIA report provided
2
Development to provide either of the following electric lines (other than an electric line of a description set out in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1)— (a) an electric line installed above ground with a voltage of 132 kilovolts or more; (b) an electric line installed above ground in a sensitive area.
3
Development to provide a change to or extension of— (a) a generating station (other than a change or extension set out in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1); or (b) an electric line of a description set out— (i) in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1(other than a change or extension set out in paragraph 2 of that Schedule); or (ii) in paragraph 2 of this Schedule, where the generating station or electric line is already authorised, executed or in the process of being executed and the change or extension may have significant adverse effects on the environment.
4
In this Schedule, “ sensitive area ” means any of the following— (a) a site of special scientific interest within the meaning of Part 2 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 ; (b) a National Park within the meaning of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 ; (c) the Broads within the meaning of the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads Act 1988 ; (d) a site or other place or other thing which is cultural heritage or natural heritage within the meaning of the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage adopted by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation at Paris on 16th November 1972 and is included in the World Heritage List mentioned in Article 11 of that Convention; (e) a scheduled monument in England within the meaning of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 or a scheduled monument in Wales within the meaning given by section 3 of the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 ; (f) an area of outstanding natural beauty within the meaning of Part 4 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 ; (g) a European site as defined in regulation 8(1) of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 ; (h) a Ramsar site (that is to say, a wetland designated under paragraph 1 of Article 2 of the Ramsar Convention (as defined in section 37A of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 ) for inclusion in the list of wetlands of international importance referred to in that Article).
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