# The Forestry (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017, Paragraph 3: Thresholds for projects outside sensitive areas


(1) This paragraph applies to projects, other than extending projects, where no part of the land covered or proposed to be covered by the project is in a sensitive area.
(2) The threshold in relation to forestry projects of—
(a) afforestation is 20 hectares;
(b) deforestation is 1 hectare;
(c) forest road works is 1 hectare; and
(d) forest quarry works is 1 hectare.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/113/schedule/1/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-environmental-impact-assessment-scotland-regulations-2017/schedule-1/paragraph-3
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