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These Regulations consolidate, principally for England only, the provisions of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 and subsequent amendments. The Regulations, among other things: impose procedural requirements in relation to the consideration of applications for planning permission under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. Principal amendments to the 1999 Regulations are: a limitation to the requirement for subsequent applications to be subject to the screening process to those cases where the development in question is likely to have significant effects on the environment which were not identified at the time that the initial planning permission was granted; a requirement for the reasons for negative screening decisions to be provided in writing, to be registered and to be available for public inspection; clarification that any person may ask the Secretary of State to exercise the power of direction; the inclusion of sites for the geological storage of carbon dioxide in Schedule 1(22) and installations for the capture of carbon dioxide streams for the purposes of geological storage in Schedule 2(3)(j). These amendments are required by the Directive on the Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide (Directive 2009/31/EC); consideration of the effects of the development as a whole once modified.
Implements: Council Directive 85/337/EEC on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment. (1985-06-27)
Implements: Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council providing for public participation in respect of the drawing up of certain plans and programmes relating to the environment and amending with regard to public participation and access to justice Council Directives 85/337/EEC and 96/61/EC. (2003-05-26)
Implements: Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the geological storage of carbon dioxide. (2009-04-23)
Amended by: Town and Country Planning (Section 62A Applications) (Procedure and Consequential Amendments) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 2140 of 2013). (2013-08-27)
Amended by: Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 660 of 2015). (2015-03-11)
Amended by: Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 637 of 2012). (2012-03-01)
Amended by: Town and Country Planning (Permission in Principle) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 402 of 2017). (2017-03-20)
Amends: Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) Order (S.I. 418 of 1995). (1995-02-22)
Amends: Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 (S.I. No. 2228 of 1999). (1999-08-09)
Amends: Town and Country Planning (Major Infrastructure Project Inquiries Procedure) (England) Rules 2005 (S.I. 2115 of 2005). (2005-07-27)
Amends: Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) (No. 2) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 2522 of 2006). (2006-09-13)
Amends: Environmental Impact Assessment and Natural Habitats (Extraction of Minerals by Marine Dredging) (England and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 1067 of 2007). (2007-03-28)
Amends: Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 2184 of 2010). (2010-09-08)
Repealed by: Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 571 of 2017). (2017-04-18)
Repeals: Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999. (1999-02-10)
Repeals: Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Mineral Permissions and Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 1556 of 2008). (2008-06-12)
