# The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999, Regulation 3: Interpretation of “relevant project”

Extent: E+W

(1) For the purposes of these Regulations, a project is a relevant project if—
(a) it is a project of a type specified in paragraph (2) of this regulation;
(b) subject to paragraph (3) of this regulation, it is likely, by virtue of factors such as its nature, size or location, to have significant effects on the environment; and
(c) the carrying out of the project—
(i) does not involve development, ...
(ii) involves development in England ... which is not mentioned in Schedule 1 to or in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017; or
(iia) involves development in Wales which is not mentioned in Schedule 1, or in column 1 of the table in Schedule 2, to the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2017;
(iii) involves development in England for which planning permission is granted by Part 6 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015; or
(iv) involves development in Wales for which planning permission is granted by Part 7 of Schedule 2 to the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995.
(2) The types of project referred to in paragraph (1)(a) of this regulation are—
(a) afforestation;
(b) deforestation;
(c) forest road works;
(d) forest quarry works.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), and subject to ... regulations 6(3) and 7(6), a project is to be treated as being not likely to have significant effects on the environment in accordance with—
(a) paragraph 1A of Schedule 2, in relation to projects in England; and
(b) paragraph 2 of Schedule 2, in relation to projects in Wales.
(4) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), where the project is an afforestation project in England of the kind to which regulation 3A applies, the project is to be treated as being likely to have, or not to have, significant effects on the environment in accordance with that regulation.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), where the project is an afforestation project in England of the kind to which regulation 3B applies, the project is to be treated as being likely to have, or not to have, significant effects on the environment in accordance with that regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2228/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-impact-assessment-forestry-england-and-wales-regulations-1999/regulation-3
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