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Planning - environmental impact assessment Duty

URI
http://id.esd.org.uk/duty/2572
Description
A planning authority shall not grant planning permission or subsequent consent unless they have first taken the environmental information into consideration and they shall state in their decision that they have done so. A LA must follow specified procedures concerning screening opinions, applications, environmental statements, notifications, unauthorised development and other miscellaneous developments.
Modified
19 Mar 2024
Status
Live
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