# The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 (revoked) S.R. 1999/73 · made 23 February 1999 · revised to 13 March 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Introductory text PLANNING Made 23rd February 1999 Coming into operation 14th March 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part I: General ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Prohibition on the grant of planning permission without consideration of environmental information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Confirmation that development is EIA development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part II: Pre-application Procedures ## 6 Pre-application determination as to need for environmental impact assessment and opinion as to content of environmental statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part III: Preparation of Environmental Statements ## 7 Procedure to facilitate preparation of environmental statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Provision of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IV: Procedures on Receipt of Application ## 9 Application made to the Department without prior determination as to need for environmental impact assessment or without an environmental statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Extension of the period for Department’s decision on a planning application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Application of Article 31 of the 1991 Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part V: Publicity ## 12 Publicity where an environmental statement is submitted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Availability of copies of environmental statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Consultation where environmental statement submitted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Further information relating to environmental statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Duty to inform the public of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part VI: Development Likely to Affect Other Member States ## 18 Development likely to have significant effects on the environment in another Member State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Projects in another Member State likely to have significant transboundary effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part VII: Unauthorised Development ## 20 Interpretation of Part VII . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Prohibition on the grant of planning permission for unauthorised development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Determination as to need for environmental statement, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Time period for submission of environmental statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Provision of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Procedure where the Commission receives an environmental statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Further information and evidence respecting environmental statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Publicity for environmental statements and decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Involvement of other Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part VIII: Permission in Enterprise and Simplified Planning Zones and Permission Granted by Development Orders ## 29 Restrictions on grant of permission by old enterprise zone schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Restrictions on the grant of permission by simplified planning zone schemes and enterprise zone schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Development Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part IX: Miscellaneous ## 32 Amendment to the Planning (Use Classes) Order (Northern Ireland) 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Amendment to the General Development Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Availability of information in relation to determinations, opinions, decisions, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Hearing by the Commission in relation to the Department’s determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Appeals to the Commission for developments for which an environmental statement is required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Revocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1 Descriptions of Development for the purposes of the definition of “Schedule 1 development” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 Descriptions of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Descriptions of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Descriptions of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Descriptions of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Descriptions of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Descriptions of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Descriptions of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Descriptions of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Descriptions of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Descriptions of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Descriptions of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Descriptions of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Descriptions of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Descriptions of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Descriptions of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Descriptions of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Descriptions of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Descriptions of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Descriptions of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Descriptions of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Descriptions of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Descriptions of Development and Criteria for the purposes of the definition of “Schedule 2 development” ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: Selection Criteria Referred to in Article 4.3 of the Directive ## 1 Characteristics of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Location of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Characteristics of the potential impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: Matters for Inclusion in Environmental Statement ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.