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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-environmental-impact-assessment-scotland-regulations-2017/schedule-1/paragraph-5",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2017/113",
  "legislation_title": "The Forestry (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017",
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  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Thresholds for extending projects outside sensitive areas",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies to extending projects where no part of the land covered by the extending project is in a sensitive area.\n(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the threshold in relation to extending projects of—\n(a) afforestation is the balance in hectares of 20 hectares minus the AMPP area;\n(b) deforestation is the balance in hectares of 1 hectare minus the AMPP area;\n(c) forest road works is the balance in hectares of 1 hectare minus the AMPP area; and\n(d) forest quarry works is the balance in hectares of 1 hectare minus the AMPP area.\n(3) Where the balance referred to in sub-paragraph (2)(a), (b), (c) or (d) is zero or less, there is no threshold for the extending project concerned.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/113/schedule/1/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:19:11.161079+00:00"
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  "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."
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