The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999
Environmental Impact Assessment is a method of ensuring that the likely effects of a new development on the environment are fully understood and taken into account before consent is given for the development to proceed.
The Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations are concerned with the implementation in Northern Ireland of Council Directive 85/337/EEC (“the EIA Directive”) on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private developments on the environment as amended by Council Directives 97/11/EC and 2003/35/EC.
Amendments
The Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations have been amended by the following pieces of legislation:
- SR 2005 No.300 The Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005
- SR 2006 No.276 The Planning (Electronic Communications) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006
- SR 2008 No 17 The Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008
- SR 2008 No 372 Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment No.2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008
