# The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011 (revoked) S.I. 2011/1824 · made 19 July 2011 · revised to 16 May 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-environmental-impact-assessment-regulations-2011-revoked/pdf/uksi_20111824_en.pdf; Revised Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-environmental-impact-assessment-regulations-2011-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20111824_en_001.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-environmental-impact-assessment-regulations-2011-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20111824_en.pdf ## Introductory text Town And Country Planning Made 19th July 2011 Laid before Parliament 26th July 2011 Coming into force 24 August 2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: General ## 1 Citation, commencement and application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Prohibition on granting planning permission or subsequent consent without consideration of environmental information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Screening ## 4 General provisions relating to screening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Requests for screening opinions of the local planning authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Requests for screening directions of the Secretary of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Procedures Concerning Applications for Planning Permission ## 7 Applications which appear to require screening opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Subsequent applications where environmental information previously provided . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Subsequent applications where environmental information not previously provided . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Application made to a local planning authority without an environmental statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10A Applications made directly to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Application referred to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Appeal to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Preparation of Environmental Statements ## 13 Scoping opinions of the local planning authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Scoping directions of the Secretary of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Procedure to facilitate preparation of environmental statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Publicity and Procedures on Submission of Environmental Statements ## 16 Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to a local planning authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Publicity where an environmental statement is submitted after the planning application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Provision of copies of environmental statements and further information for the Secretary of State on referral or appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to the Secretary of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Availability of copies of environmental statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Charges for copies of environmental statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Further information and evidence respecting environmental statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: Availability of Directions etc and Notification of Decisions ## 23 Availability of opinions, directions etc for inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Duties to inform the public and the Secretary of State of final decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 7: Development By a Local Planning Authority ## 25 Modifications where application by a local planning authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Screening opinions and directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 8: Restrictions of Grants of Permission ## 27 Old simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 New simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise zone orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Local development orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29A Neighbourhood development orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 9: Unauthorised Development ## 30 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Prohibition on the grant of planning permission for unauthorised EIA development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Screening opinions of the local planning authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Screening directions of the Secretary of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Provision of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Appeal to the Secretary of State without a screening opinion or screening direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Appeal to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to the Secretary of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Further information and evidence respecting environmental statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Publicity for environmental statements or further information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Public inspection of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Significant transboundary effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 10: ROMP Applications ## 42 General application of the Regulations to ROMP applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Modification of provisions on prohibition of granting planning permission or subsequent consent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Modification of provisions on application to local planning authority without an environmental statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Disapplication of Regulations and modifications of provisions on application referred to or appealed to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Substitution of references to section 78 right of appeal and modification of provisions on appeal to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Modification of provisions on preparation, publicity and procedures on submission of environmental statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Modification of provisions on application to the High Court and giving of directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Suspension of minerals development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Determination of conditions and right of appeal on non-determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 ROMP application by a mineral planning authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 ROMP applications: duty to make a prohibition order after two years suspension of permission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 11: Development with Significant Transboundary Effects ## 53 Development in England likely to have significant effects in another EEA State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Projects in another EEA State likely to have significant transboundary effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 12: Projects serving national defence purposes ## 55 Projects serving national defence purposes in Scotland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Projects serving national defence purposes in Wales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Projects serving national defence purposes in Northern Ireland . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 13: Miscellaneous ## 58 Service of notices etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 59 Application to the High Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 Hazardous waste and material change of use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Extension of the period for an authority's decision on a planning application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 62 Extension of the power to provide in a development order for the giving of directions as respects the manner in which planning applications are dealt with . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 Application to the Crown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 64 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Revocation of statutory instruments and transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 66 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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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Schedule 3: Selection criteria for screening Schedule 2 development ## 1 Characteristics of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Location of development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Characteristics of the potential impact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: Information for inclusion in environmental statements ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5 Statutory instruments revoked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6: Consequential amendments ## 1 The Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 The Gas Transporter Pipe-line Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 The Town and Country Planning (Major Infrastructure Project Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 The Planning (National Security Directions and Appointed Representatives) (England) Rules 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) (No 2) Regulations 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 The Environmental Impact Assessment and Natural Habitats (Extraction of Minerals by Marine Dredging) (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1824 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/town-and-country-planning-environmental-impact-assessment-regulations-2011-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.