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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-works-environmental-impact-assessment-scotland-regulations-2017/schedule-3/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-works-environmental-impact-assessment-scotland-regulations-2017/schedule-3/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2017/101",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-works-environmental-impact-assessment-scotland-regulations-2017",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Location of development",
  "text": "The environmental sensitivity of geographical areas likely to be affected by development must be considered having regard, in particular, to—\n(a) the existing and approved land use;\n(b) the relative abundance, availability, quality and regenerative capacity of natural resources (including soil, land, water and biodiversity) in the area and its underground;\n(c) the absorption capacity of the natural environment, paying particular attention to the following areas—\n(i) wetlands, riparian areas, river mouths;\n(ii) coastal zones and the marine environment;\n(iii) mountain and forest areas;\n(iv) nature reserves and parks;\n(v) European sites and other areas classified or protected under national legislation;\n(vi) areas in which there has already been a failure to meet the environmental quality standards, laid down in assimilated law and relevant to the project, or in which it is considered that there is such a failure;\n(vii) densely populated areas;\n(viii) landscapes and sites of historical, cultural or archaeological significance.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in sch. 3 para. 2(c)(vi) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Town and Country Planning and Electricity Works (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/80), regs. 1, 6(10) (as amended by S.S.I. 2019/274, regs. 1, 2(2) and S.S.I. 2020/310, regs. 1, 2(2), 4(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in sch. 3 para. 2(c)(vi) substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 14 para. 1(b)"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/101/schedule/3/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:19:20.488734+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."
}