Modifications where application by a local planning authority
25. Where the relevant planning authority is also (or would be) the applicant (whether alone or jointly with any other person), these Regulations shall apply to an EIA application (or proposed application) subject to the following modifications—
(a)subject to regulations 26(1) and (2), regulations 5 and 6 shall not apply;
(b)regulations 7 and 8 shall apply as if the reference to paragraph (4) of regulation 5 were omitted;
(c)regulation 10 shall not apply;
(d)regulations 13 and 14 shall not apply;
(e)paragraphs (1) to (3) of regulation 15 shall not apply, and regulation 15(4) shall apply to any consultation body from whom the relevant planning authority requests assistance as it applies to a body notified in accordance with regulation 15(3);
(f)save for the purposes of regulations 19(3) and (4), regulation 16 shall apply as if—
(i)for paragraph (1), there were substituted—
“(1) When a relevant planning authority making an EIA application lodge a statement, referred to as an “environmental statement” for the purposes of these Regulations, they shall—
(a)provide a copy of—
(i)that statement;
(ii)the relevant application and any plan submitted with it; and
(iii)in the case of a subsequent application, the planning permission granted for the development in respect of which the subsequent application has been made and any documents or information relating to the application,
to each consultation body;
(b)inform each consultation body that representations may be made to the relevant planning authority; and
(c)send to the Secretary of State within 14 days of lodging the statement—
(i)1 copy of the statement;
(ii)a copy of the relevant application and of any documents submitted with the application; and
(iii)in the case of a subsequent application, the planning permission granted for the development in respect of which the subsequent application has been made and any documents or information relating to the application.”;
(ii)paragraphs (2) and (3) were omitted;
(g)regulation 19 shall apply as if paragraph (2) were omitted.