Paragraph 3 Approved details and amendments to themI1
England and Wales
Subject to sub-paragraph (2), with respect to any plans, details or schemes which have been approved pursuant to any requirement and the percentage of any biodiversity net gain units referred to in requirement 12(3)(e) (together the “Approved Documents, Plans, Details or Schemes”), the undertaker may submit to the relevant approving body for approval in writing any amendments to any of the Approved Documents, Plans, Details or Schemes and, following approval by the relevant approving body, the relevant Approved Documents, Plans, Details or Schemes is to be taken to include the amendments as so approved pursuant to this paragraph.
Approval under sub-paragraph (1) for the amendments to any of the Approved Documents, Plans, Details or Schemes must not be given except where it has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the relevant approving body that the subject matter of the approval sought is unlikely to give rise to any materially new or materially different environmental effects to those assessed in the environmental statement.
For the purposes of this paragraph “the relevant approving body” means—
for the purposes of all requirements except requirements 17-19, the relevant planning authority;
for the purposes of requirements 17 (river wall) and 18 (flood risk mitigation), the Environment Agency; and
for the purpose of requirement 19 (navigation risk assessment), the PLA.
Annotations
Commencement
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Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 27.11.2025, see art. 1