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Regulation 17 EIA development

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

An application shall be treated as a subsequent application for the purposes of the following provisions in the F1Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017—

(a)

regulation F24 (prohibition on granting consent without consideration of environmental information);

(b)

regulation F38 (procedure for establishing whether environmental impact assessment is required);

(c)

regulation F410 (application for a scoping opinion);

(d)

regulation F522 (subsequent application for EIA development); and

(e)

regulation F624 (subsequent application not complying with EIA requirements).

(2)

References in the regulations referred to in paragraph (1) to the following terms shall be construed as follows—

(a)

references to F7...“the relevant authority” as references to the “F8Secretary of State”;

(b)

references to “an application for an order granting development consent” as references to “an application” as defined in regulation 2 of these Regulations; and

(c)

reference to F9“publicising the proposed application under section 48” as reference to consultation under regulation 10 of these Regulations.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in reg. 17(1) substituted (24.7.2026) by The Infrastructure Planning (Development Consent) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/735), regs. 1(2), 3(4)(a)(i)

F2

Word in reg. 17(1)(a) substituted (24.7.2026) by The Infrastructure Planning (Development Consent) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/735), regs. 1(2), 3(4)(a)(ii)

F3

Word in reg. 17(1)(b) substituted (24.7.2026) by The Infrastructure Planning (Development Consent) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/735), regs. 1(2), 3(4)(a)(iii)

F4

Word in reg. 17(1)(c) substituted (24.7.2026) by The Infrastructure Planning (Development Consent) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/735), regs. 1(2), 3(4)(a)(iv)

F5

Word in reg. 17(1)(d) substituted (24.7.2026) by The Infrastructure Planning (Development Consent) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/735), regs. 1(2), 3(4)(a)(v)

F6

Word in reg. 17(1)(e) substituted (24.7.2026) by The Infrastructure Planning (Development Consent) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/735), regs. 1(2), 3(4)(a)(vi)

F7

Words in reg. 17(2)(a) omitted (1.4.2012) by virtue of The Localism Act 2011 (Infrastructure Planning) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/635), regs. 1(2), 11(7)

F8

Words in Regulations substituted (1.4.2012) by The Localism Act 2011 (Infrastructure Planning) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/635), regs. 1(2), 11(2)

F9

Words in reg. 17(2)(c) substituted (24.7.2026) by The Infrastructure Planning (Development Consent) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/735), regs. 1(2), 3(4)(b)