# The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (revoked) S.R. 2012/59 · made 21 February 2012 · revised to 27 March 2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/planning-environmental-impact-assessment-regulations-northern-ireland-2012-revoked/pdf/nisr_20120059_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/planning-environmental-impact-assessment-regulations-northern-ireland-2012-revoked/pdf/nisrem_20120059_en.pdf ## Introductory text Planning Made 21st February 2012 Coming into operation 13th March 2012 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: General ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Prohibition on the grant of planning permission or subsequent consent without consideration of environmental information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Confirmation that development is EIA development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Appeals under Article 32 or Article 33 of the 1991 Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Pre–Application Procedures ## 7 Pre–application determination as to need for environmental impact assessment and opinion as to content of environmental statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Preparation of Environmental Statements ## 8 Procedure to facilitate preparation of environmental statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Provision of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Procedures on Receipt of Application ## 10 Applications which appear to require determination as to need for environmental impact assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Subsequent applications where environmental information previously provided . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Subsequent applications where environmental information not previously provided . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Application made to the Department without an environmental statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Extension of the period for Department's decision on an application for planning permission or subsequent application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Application of Article 31 of the 1991 Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Publicity ## 16 Publicity where an environmental statement is submitted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Availability of copies of environmental statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Consultation where environmental statement submitted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Further information and evidence relating to environmental statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Charges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Duty to inform the public of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: Development likely to Affect Other EEA states ## 22 Development in Northern Ireland likely to have significant effects on the environment in another EEA state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Projects in another EEA state likely to have significant transboundary effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: Unauthorised Development ## 24 Interpretation of Part 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Prohibition on the grant of planning permission for unauthorised development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Determination as to need for environmental statement, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Time period for submission of environmental statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Provision of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Procedure where the Commission receives an environmental statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Further information and evidence respecting environmental statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Publicity for environmental statements and decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Involvement of other EEA states . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: Permission in Enterprise and Simplified Planning Zones and Permission Granted by Development Orders ## 33 Restrictions on grant of permission by old enterprise zone schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Restrictions on the grant of permission by simplified planning zone schemes and enterprise zone schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Development Orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 9: Miscellaneous ## 36 Availability of information in relation to determinations, opinions, decisions, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Hearing by the Commission in relation to the Department's determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Use of electronic communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Application to the Crown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Revocation, transitional and savings provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Consequential amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Descriptions of development for the purposes of the definition of “Schedule 1 development” ## Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Descriptions of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2: Descriptions of development and applicable thresholds 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5 Revocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: Consequential amendments ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/59 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/planning-environmental-impact-assessment-regulations-northern-ireland-2012-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.