The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2015
These Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2011 (“the 2011 Regulations”). The 2011 Regulations implement, in relation to town and country planning, EU Directive 2011/92/EU (“the Directive”) on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment. The Directive requires that development consent for projects which are likely to have significant effects on the environment should be granted only after an assessment of those effects. The 2011 Regulations require that projects which are above a certain size, or meet prescribed criteria, must be screened to determine whether they are likely to have significant environmental effects and, consequently, are subject to the requirement for an environmental impact assessment.