# Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025, Paragraph 34

Extent: E+W

In regulation 105 (assessment of implications for European sites and European offshore marine sites)—
(a) after paragraph (1) insert—
“(1A) Where a land use plan relating to an area wholly in England—
(a) is likely to have a significant effect on a Ramsar site (either alone or in combination with other plans or projects), and
(b) is not directly connected with or necessary to the management of the site,
the plan-making authority for that plan must, before the plan is given effect, make an appropriate assessment of the implications for the site in view of that site’s conservation objectives.”;
(b) in paragraph (4), after “European site” insert “, the Ramsar site”;
(c) in the heading, for “and European offshore marine sites” substitute “, European offshore marine sites and certain Ramsar sites”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/34/schedule/5/paragraph/34 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-and-infrastructure-act-2025/schedule-5/paragraph-34
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.

