{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/conservation-of-habitats-and-species-regulations-2017/regulation-88",
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  "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/88",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "88",
  "heading": "Cycle tracks and other ancillary works",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the assessment provisions apply to section 3(10) of the Cycle Tracks Act 1984.\n(2) Regulation 64 (Considerations of overriding public interest) does not apply to section 3(10) of that Act.\n(3) Section 3(10) of that Act is not to be taken to deem planning permission to be granted for development which—\n(a) is likely to have a significant effect on a European site (either alone or in combination with other plans or projects), and\n(b) is not directly connected with or necessary to the management of the site,\nwhether or not the development authorised by the permission has been begun, unless the competent authority has agreed to the plan or project in accordance with the assessment provisions.\n(4) Section 3(10) of that Act is not to be taken to deem planning permission to be granted for development wholly in England which—\n(a) is likely to have a significant effect on a Ramsar site (either alone or in combination with other plans or projects), and\n(b) is not directly connected with or necessary to the management of the site,\nwhether or not the development authorised by the permission has been begun, unless the competent authority has agreed to the plan or project in accordance with the assessment provisions.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 88 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(8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Reg. 88(4) inserted (21.5.2026) by Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (c. 34), s. 118(3), Sch. 5 para. 26 (with s. 116); S.I. 2026/549, reg. 3 (with reg. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1012/regulation/88",
    "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."
}