The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 SCHEDULE 1 — Descriptions of projects that are Schedule A1 Projects

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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.

Agriculture, silviculture and aquaculture

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Projects for the restructuring of rural land holdings.

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

Agriculture, silviculture and aquaculture

2

Projects for the use of uncultivated land or semi-natural areas for intensive agricultural purposes.

3

Nuclear power stations and other nuclear reactors including the dismantling or decommissioning of such power stations or 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).

Agriculture, silviculture and aquaculture

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Water management projects for agriculture, including irrigation and land drainage projects.

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Installations for the reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuel.

Agriculture, silviculture and aquaculture

4

Initial afforestation and deforestation for the purposes of conversion to another type of land use.

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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 from the production site.

Agriculture, silviculture and aquaculture

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Intensive livestock installations (unless included in Schedule A1).

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Integrated works for the initial smelting of cast‑iron and steel.

Agriculture, silviculture and aquaculture

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Intensive fish farming.

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

Agriculture, silviculture and aquaculture

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Reclamation of land from the sea.

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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.

Extractive industry

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Quarries, open cast mining and peat extraction (unless included in Schedule A1).

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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.

Extractive industry

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Underground mining.

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

Extractive industry

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Extraction of minerals by fluvial or marine dredging;

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Construction of motorways and express roads.

Extractive industry

11

Deep drillings, in particular— (a) geothermal drilling; (b) drilling for the storage of nuclear waste material; (c) drilling for water supplies, with the exception of drillings for investigating the stability of the soil.

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Construction of a new road of four or more lanes, or realignment 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 or widened section of road, would be 10 kilometres or more in a continuous length.

Extractive industry

12

Surface industrial installations for the extraction of coal, petroleum, natural gas and ores, as well as bituminous shale.

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

Energy

13

Industrial installations for the production of electricity, steam and hot water (unless included in Schedule A1).

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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.

Energy

14

Industrial installations for carrying gas, steam and hot water and transmission of electrical energy by overhead cables (unless included in Schedule A1).

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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 under heading D9), or landfill of hazardous waste as defined in Article 3(2) of that Directive.

Energy

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Surface storage of natural gas.

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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.

Energy

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Underground storage of combustible gases.

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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.

Energy

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Surface storage of fossil fuels.

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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.

Energy

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Industrial briquetting of coal and lignite.

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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.

Energy

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Installations for the processing and storage of radioactive waste (unless included in Schedule A1).

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

Energy

20

Installations for hydroelectric energy production.

21

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.

Energy

21

Installations for the harnessing of wind power for energy production (wind farms).

22

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.

Energy

22

Installations for the capture of carbon dioxide streams for the purposes of geological storage pursuant to Directive 2009/31/EC from installations not included in Schedule A1.

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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.

Production and processing of metals

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Installations for the production of pig iron or steel (primary or secondary fusion) including continuous casting.

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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.

Production and processing of metals

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Installations for the processing of ferrous metals— (a) hot-rolling mills; (b) smithies with hammers; (c) application of protective metal coats.

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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.

Production and processing of metals

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Ferrous metal foundries.

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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.

Production and processing of metals

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

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

Production and processing of metals

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Installations for surface treatment of metals and plastic materials using an electrolytic or chemical process.

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

Production and processing of metals

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Manufacture and assembly of motor vehicles and manufacture of motor vehicle engines.

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Storage sites pursuant to Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the geological storage of carbon dioxide.

Production and processing of metals

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Shipyards.

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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

Production and processing of metals

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Installations for the construction and repair of aircraft.

31

Any change to or extension of project specified 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.

Production and processing of metals

31

Manufacture of railway equipment.

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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 to be treated as development of the description mentioned in paragraph 3 of this Schedule.

Production and processing of metals

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Swaging by explosives.

Production and processing of metals

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Installations for the roasting and sintering of metallic ores.

Mineral industry

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Coke ovens (dry coal distillation).

Mineral industry

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Installations for the manufacture of cement.

Mineral industry

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Installations for the production of asbestos and the manufacture of asbestos-based products (unless included in Schedule A1).

Mineral industry

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Installations for the manufacture of glass including glass fibre.

Mineral industry

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Installations for smelting mineral substances including the production of mineral fibres.

Mineral industry

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Manufacture of ceramic products by burning, in particular roofing tiles, bricks, refractory bricks, tiles, stonewear or porcelain.

Chemical industry (unless included in Schedule A1)

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Treatment of intermediate products and production of chemicals.

Chemical industry (unless included in Schedule A1)

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Production of pesticides and pharmaceutical products, paint and varnishes, elastomers and peroxides.

Chemical industry (unless included in Schedule A1)

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Storage facilities for petroleum, petrochemical and chemical products.

Food industry

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Manufacture of vegetable and animal oils and fats.

Food industry

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Packing and canning of animal vegetable products.

Food industry

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Manufacture of dairy products.

Food industry

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Brewing and malting.

Food industry

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Confectionery and syrup manufacture.

Food industry

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Installations for the slaughter of animals.

Food industry

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Industrial starch manufacturing installations.

Food industry

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Fish-meal and fish-oil factories.

Food industry

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Sugar factories.

Textile, leather, wood and paper industries

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Industrial plants for the production of paper and board (unless included in Schedule A1).

Textile, leather, wood and paper industries

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Plants for the pre-treatment (operations such as washing, bleaching, mercerisation) or dyeing of fibres or textiles.

Textile, leather, wood and paper industries

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Plants for the tanning of hides and skins.

Textile, leather, wood and paper industries

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Cellulose-processing and production installations.

Rubber industry

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Manufacture and treatment of elastomer-based products.

Infrastructure projects

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Industrial estate development projects.

Infrastructure projects

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Urban development projects, including the construction of shopping centres and car parks, sports stadiums, leisure centres and multiplex cinemas.

Infrastructure projects

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Construction of intermodal transhipment facilities and of intermodal terminals (unless included in Schedule A1).

Infrastructure projects

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Construction of railways (unless included in Schedule A1).

Infrastructure projects

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Construction of airfields (unless included in Schedule A1).

Infrastructure projects

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Construction of roads (unless included in Schedule A1).

Infrastructure projects

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Construction of harbours and port installations including fishing harbours (unless included in Schedule A1).

Infrastructure projects

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Inland-waterway construction not included in Schedule A1, canalisation and flood-relief works.

Infrastructure projects

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Dams and other installations designed to hold water or store it on a long-term basis (unless included in Schedule A1).

Infrastructure projects

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Tramways, elevated and underground railways, suspended lines or similar lines of a particular type, used exclusively or mainly for passenger transport.

Infrastructure projects

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Oil and gas pipeline installations and pipelines for the transport of carbon dioxide streams for the purposes of geological storage (unless included in Schedule A1).

Infrastructure projects

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Installations of long-distance aqueducts.

Infrastructure projects

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Coastal work to combat erosion and maritime works capable of altering the coast through the construction of, for example, dykes, moles, jetties and other sea defence works, excluding the maintenance and reconstruction of such works.

Infrastructure projects

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Groundwater abstraction and artificial groundwater recharge schemes not included in Schedule A1.

Infrastructure projects

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Works for the transfer of water resources between river basins not included in Schedule A1.

Infrastructure projects

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Motorway service areas.

Other projects

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Permanent racing and test tracks for motorised vehicles.

Other projects

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Installations for the disposal of waste (unless included in Schedule A1).

Other projects

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Waste-water treatment plants (unless included in Schedule A1).

Other projects

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Sludge-deposition sites.

Other projects

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Storage of scrap iron, including scrap vehicles.

Other projects

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Test benches for engines, turbines or reactors.

Other projects

79

Installations for the manufacture of artificial mineral fibres.

Other projects

80

Installations for the recovery or destruction of explosive substances.

Other projects

81

Knackers’ yards.

Tourism and leisure

82

Ski-runs, ski-lifts and cable-cars, and associated developments.

Tourism and leisure

83

Marinas.

Tourism and leisure

84

Holiday villages and hotel complexes outside urban areas and associated developments.

Tourism and leisure

85

Theme parks.

Tourism and leisure

86

Permanent camp sites and caravan sites.

Tourism and leisure

87

Golf courses and associated developments.

Changes and extensions

88

Any change to or extension of development of a description listed in Schedule A1 (other than a change or extension falling within paragraph 31 of that Schedule) where that development is already authorised, executed or in the process of being executed.

Changes and extensions

89

Any change to or extension of development of a description listed in paragraphs 1 to 87 of this Schedule where that development is already authorised, executed or in the process of being executed.

Changes and extensions

90

Development of a description mentioned in Schedule A1 undertaken exclusively or mainly for the development and testing of new methods or products and not used for more than two years.