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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-assessment-scotland-regulations-1988/regulation-14",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1221",
  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-assessment-scotland-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Annex 1 or annex 2 application to planning authority without environmental statement",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (4), where the planning authority consider that an application for planning permission is an application to which regulation 6 applies, but it is not accompanied by the required environmental statement, they shall within 4 weeks beginning with the date of receipt of the application or such longer period as the parties agree in writing notify the applicant in writing—\n(a) of their view with reasons thereof;\n(b) that in their view without taking into consideration environmental information in respect of the proposed development they may not grant planning permission;\n(c) of their view that he should provide an environmental statement; and\n(d) of any authorities, bodies or persons mentioned in Schedule 4 whom they have consulted.\n(2) The applicant may within 4 weeks beginning with the date of notification—\n(a) inform the authority in writing that he will provide the required environmental statement; or\n(b) apply to the Secretary of State in accordance with regulation 9 for a direction as to whether consideration of environmental information is required.\n(3) If the applicant takes no action in accordance with paragraph (2) or says that he does not intend to provide the required environmental statement, planning permission shall be deemed to be refused at the end of the period mentioned, but there shall be no appeal to the Secretary of State under section 33.\n(4) The preceding paragraphs shall not apply where—\n(a) the Secretary of State has directed that consideration of environmental information is not required before planning permission could be granted for a proposed development; or\n(b) the Secretary of State directs under section 32 that the application for planning permission be referred to him.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1221/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:03:32.715746+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."
}