Town And Country Planning PART 1 General Citation, commencement and application 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prohibition on granting planning permission or subsequent consent without consideration of environmental information 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 2 Screening General provisions relating to screening 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Requests for screening opinions of the local planning authority 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Requests for screening directions of the Secretary of State 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 3 Procedures Concerning Applications for Planning Permission Applications which appear to require screening opinion 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subsequent applications where environmental information previously provided 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subsequent applications where environmental information not previously provided 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application made to a local planning authority without an environmental statement 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Applications made directly to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement 10A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application referred to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appeal to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 4 Preparation of Environmental Statements Scoping opinions of the local planning authority 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Scoping directions of the Secretary of State 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Procedure to facilitate preparation of environmental statements 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 5 Publicity and Procedures on Submission of Environmental Statements Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to a local planning authority 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Publicity where an environmental statement is submitted after the planning application 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Provision of copies of environmental statements and further information for the Secretary of State on referral or appeal 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to the Secretary of State 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Availability of copies of environmental statements 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charges for copies of environmental statements 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Further information and evidence respecting environmental statements 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 6 Availability of Directions etc and Notification of Decisions Availability of opinions, directions etc for inspection 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Duties to inform the public and the Secretary of State of final decisions 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 7 Development By a Local Planning Authority Modifications where application by a local planning authority 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Screening opinions and directions 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 8 Restrictions of Grants of Permission Old simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise orders 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . New simplified planning zone schemes or enterprise zone orders 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Local development orders 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Neighbourhood development orders 29A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 9 Unauthorised Development Interpretation 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Prohibition on the grant of planning permission for unauthorised EIA development 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Screening opinions of the local planning authority 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Screening directions of the Secretary of State 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Provision of information 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appeal to the Secretary of State without a screening opinion or screening direction 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Appeal to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Procedure where an environmental statement is submitted to the Secretary of State 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Further information and evidence respecting environmental statements 38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Publicity for environmental statements or further information 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Public inspection of documents 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Significant transboundary effects 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 10 ROMP Applications General application of the Regulations to ROMP applications 42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modification of provisions on prohibition of granting planning permission or subsequent consent 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modification of provisions on application to local planning authority without an environmental statement 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disapplication of Regulations and modifications of provisions on application referred to or appealed to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement 45 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Substitution of references to section 78 right of appeal and modification of provisions on appeal to the Secretary of State without an environmental statement 46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modification of provisions on preparation, publicity and procedures on submission of environmental statements 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Modification of provisions on application to the High Court and giving of directions 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Suspension of minerals development 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Determination of conditions and right of appeal on non-determination 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROMP application by a mineral planning authority 51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROMP applications: duty to make a prohibition order after two years suspension of permission 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 11 Development with Significant Transboundary Effects Development in England likely to have significant effects in another EEA State 53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Projects in another EEA State likely to have significant transboundary effects 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 12 Projects serving national defence purposes Projects serving national defence purposes in Scotland 55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Projects serving national defence purposes in Wales 56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Projects serving national defence purposes in Northern Ireland 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PART 13 Miscellaneous Service of notices etc 58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application to the High Court 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hazardous waste and material change of use 60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Extension of the period for an authority's decision on a planning application 61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Application to the Crown 63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Review 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation of statutory instruments and transitional provisions 65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consequential amendments 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .