This Circular supersedes Circulars 13/1988, 26/1988, 26/1994 and 25/1997, and amends Circular 26/1991.
The Chief Executive
Local Authorities
Copy to: The Director of Planning
Our ref: PGD/5/12
August 1999
The Circular contains the following main sections:
Town and Country Planning — Part II of the Regulations
The Legal Framework
Establishing whether EIA is required
Identifying Schedule 2 Development
The need for EIA for Schedule 2 development
Procedures for establishing whether or not EIA is required
(‘screening’
Procedures when EIA is required
Preparation and content of an Environmental Statement
Submission of EIA applications and initial publicity
procedures
Consideration of EIA applications
Determining the planning application
Development by Planning Authorities
Simplified Planning Zones and Enterprise Zones
Development which is subject to a planning enforcement notice
Permitted Development (Exceptions to Town and Country Planning EIA provisions
Financial and manpower Implications
Previous Circulars Cancelled Or Amended
Annexes
A Indicative thresholds and criteria for identification of Schedule 2 development requiring EIA
B Selection criteria for Screening Schedule 2 Development
C Information to be included in an Environmental Statement
E Trunk Roads — Part III of the Regulations
F Land Drainage — Part IV of the Regulations
Planning Series:
National Planning Policy Guidelines (NPPGs) provide statements of Scottish Executive policy on nationally important land use and other planning matters, supported where appropriate by a locational framework.
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