Planning PART 1 General Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Directions 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prohibition on the grant of planning permission or subsequent consent without consideration of environmental information 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Confirmation that development is EIA development 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appeals under Section 58 or Section 60 of the 2011 Act 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 2 Pre-Application Procedures Pre-application determination as to need for environmental impact assessment and opinion as to content of environmental statement 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 Preparation of Environmental Statements Procedure to facilitate preparation of environmental statements 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Provision of information 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 4 Procedures on Receipt of Application Applications made to the council which appear to require determination as to need for environmental impact assessment 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applications made to the Department which appear to require determination as to need for environmental impact assessment 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subsequent applications made to the council where environmental information previously provided 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subsequent applications made to the Department where environmental information previously provided 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subsequent applications made to the council where environmental information not previously provided 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subsequent applications made to the Department where environmental information not previously provided 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application made to the council without an environmental statement 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application made to the Department without an environmental statement 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application referred to the Department without an environmental statement 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Extension of the period for council's or Department's decision on an application for planning permission or subsequent application 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 5 Publicity Publicity where an environmental statement is submitted 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Availability of copies of environmental statement 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consultation where environmental statement submitted 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Further information and evidence relating to environmental statement 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charges 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duty to inform the public of decisions 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 6 Development by a council Modifications where application is by a council 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 7 Development likely to Affect Other EEA states Development in Northern Ireland likely to have significant effects on the environment in another EEA state 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Projects in another EEA state likely to have significant transboundary effects 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 8 Unauthorised Development Interpretation of Part 8 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prohibition on the grant of planning permission for unauthorised development 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Determination as to need for environmental statement, etc. 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Time period for submission of environmental statement 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Provision of information 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Procedure where the Commission receives an environmental statement 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Further information and evidence respecting environmental statements 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Publicity for environmental statements and decisions 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Involvement of other EEA states 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 9 Permission in Enterprise and Simplified Planning Zones and Permission Granted by Development Orders Restrictions on grant of permission by old enterprise zone schemes 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restrictions on the grant of permission by simplified planning zone schemes and enterprise zone schemes 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Development Orders 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 10 Miscellaneous Availability of information in relation to determinations, opinions, decisions, etc. 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hearing by the Commission in relation to the council's or Department's determination 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Use of electronic communications 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application to the Crown 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation, saving and transitional provisions 45 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 The Regulations specified in paragraph (4) which continued to apply by virtue of Regulation 40 of the 2012 Regulations (as that regulation had effect immediately before the coming into operation of these Regulations) in respect of the matters specified in paragraph 2(a) to (c) of that regulation shall continue to have effect in relation to those matters subject to the amendments specified in Schedule 5; and anything done by, to or in relation to the Department in connection with its functions under those Regulations shall be treated as if it had been done by, to or in relation to the council or, as the case may be, the Department in connection with its functions under those Regulations as amended by Schedule 5. 4 The Regulations referred to in paragraph (3) are a the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999 ; b the Planning (Electronic Communications) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006 ; c the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 ; and d the Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 . 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 25th February 2015 Angus Kerr A senior officer of the Department of the Environment