# The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017, Regulation 79: Special development orders

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the assessment provisions apply to the making of a special development order.
(2) Regulation 64 (Considerations of overriding public interest) does not apply to the making of a special development order.
(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a special development order made before 28th December 2018.
(4) Subject to paragraph (5) the review provisions apply to a special development order unless—
(a) the development permitted by that order was completed before 28th December 2018; or
(b) the development permitted by that order has been completed before the site became a European site , a Ramsar site or a European offshore marine site.
(5) The reference to regulation 64 in the review provisions does not apply to a special development order.
(6) See regulation 85A for the assumptions about nutrient pollution standards to be made in certain circumstances.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1012/regulation/79 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-habitats-and-species-regulations-2017/regulation-79
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