Regulation 9 Excluded development: European sites

(1)

No masterplan consent area scheme grants authorisation for development which—

(a)

is likely to have an adverse effect on a European site in Great Britain or a European offshore marine 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.

(2)

In this regulation—

“European site” means a European site within the meaning of regulation 10 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994^f1,
“European offshore marine site” means a European offshore marine site within the meaning of regulation 18 (meaning of European offshore marine site) of the Conservation of Offshore Marine Habitats and Species Regulations 2017^f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1994/2716 as relevantly amended by S.S.I. 2004/475, S.I. 2010/490, S.S.I. 205/249 and S.S.I. 2019/113.
f2: S.I. 2017/1013 as relevantly amended by S.I. 2019/579.