# The Forestry (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017, Paragraph 5: Thresholds for extending projects outside sensitive areas


(1) This paragraph applies to extending projects where no part of the land covered by the extending project is in a sensitive area.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the threshold in relation to extending projects of—
(a) afforestation is the balance in hectares of 20 hectares minus the AMPP area;
(b) deforestation is the balance in hectares of 1 hectare minus the AMPP area;
(c) forest road works is the balance in hectares of 1 hectare minus the AMPP area; and
(d) forest quarry works is the balance in hectares of 1 hectare minus the AMPP area.
(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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2017/113/schedule/1/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/forestry-environmental-impact-assessment-scotland-regulations-2017/schedule-1/paragraph-5
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