# The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999, Paragraph 1A: Descriptions of projects in England not likely to have significant effects on the environment


(1) For the purposes of regulation 3(3), and subject to regulations 6(3) and 7(6), a project in England of a type, description and size specified in columns 1, 2 and 3 of each entry in the Table below, is to be treated as being not likely to have significant effects on the environment in accordance with column 4 of the appropriate entry.
(2) This paragraph applies subject to paragraph 3 of this Schedule.
Table
Row
Column 1
Type of project
Column 2
Description of land covered, or proposed to be covered, by the project
Column 3
Size of area of land covered, or proposed to be covered, by the project
Column 4
Likelihood of the project having significant effects on the environment
1
Afforestation
The land, or part of the land, is in a sensitive area which is a National Park or an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
2 hectares or less
Unlikely to have significant effects
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4
Afforestation
No part of the land is in a sensitive area
2 hectares or less
Unlikely to have significant effects
5
Afforestation
No part of the land is in a sensitive area
More than 2, but no more than 5, hectares
Unlikely to have significant effects, unless written notification is given by the appropriate forestry body pursuant to regulation 3A
6
Afforestation
No part of the land is in a sensitive area and the area is a low-risk area
More than 5, but no more than 50, hectares
Unlikely to have significant effects, unless written notification is given by the appropriate forestry body pursuant to regulation 3B
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9
Deforestation
The land, or part of the land, is in a sensitive area which is a National Park or an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
0.5 hectares or less
Unlikely to have significant effects
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12
Deforestation
No part of the land is in a sensitive area
1 hectare or less
Unlikely to have significant effects
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15
Forest road works
No part of the land is in a sensitive area
1 hectare or less
Unlikely to have significant effects
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18
Forest quarry works
No part of the land is in a sensitive area
1 hectare or less
Unlikely to have significant effects
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2228/schedule/2/paragraph/1A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-impact-assessment-forestry-england-and-wales-regulations-1999/schedule-2/paragraph-1A
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