{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-habitats-and-species-regulations-2017/regulation-81",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-habitats-and-species-regulations-2017/regulation-81.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/1012",
  "legislation_title": "The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-habitats-and-species-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/81",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "81",
  "heading": "Neighbourhood development orders",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the assessment provisions apply to the making of a neighbourhood development order.\n(2) Regulation 64 (Considerations of overriding public interest) does not apply to the making of a neighbourhood development order.\n(3) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a neighbourhood development order made before 28th December 2018.\n(4) Subject to paragraph (5) the review provisions apply to a neighbourhood development order unless—\n(a) the development permitted by that order was completed before 28th December 2018; or\n(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.\n(5) The reference to regulation 64 in the review provisions does not apply to a neighbourhood development order.\n(5A) See regulation 85A for the assumptions about nutrient pollution standards to be made in certain circumstances.\n(6) This regulation applies in relation to England only.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 81 substituted (28.12.2018) by The Conservation of Habitats and Species and Planning (Various Amendments) (England and Wales) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1307), regs. 1(1), 2(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 81(4)(b) inserted (21.5.2026) by Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (c. 34), s. 118(3), Sch. 5 para. 19 (with s. 116); S.I. 2026/549, reg. 3 (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Reg. 81(5A) inserted (26.12.2023) by Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 (c. 55), s. 255(6), Sch. 15 para. 8 (with s. 247)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1012/regulation/81",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:07:21.486081+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}