The following 1 new Statutory Instrument (SI) comes into force on 01/10/2018:

New Legislation:

• October 2018: SI 2018 No. 695 - The Town and Country Planning and Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (pdf) (link).

Notes:

• The above SI 2018 No. 695 includes amendments to the following SIs:
  - EIA Regulations 2017.
  - The Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017.
  - Brownfield Land Register Regulations 2017.
  - DMPO 2015.
  - GPDO 2015.
• The "Explanatory Note" (link) at the end of the above SI includes the following information:
  - "These Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/571) and the Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulation 2017 (S.I. 2017/572) to correct minor drafting defects identified in those instruments.".
  - "Additionally, these Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/595), and the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/596) to correct the effect of minor defects in the amendments made by S.I. 2017/571.".
  - "These Regulations amend the Town and Country Planning (Brownfield Land Register) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/403) to refer to provisions of S.I. 2017/571 instead of to the now-revoked provisions of S.I. 2011/1824.".
  - "These Regulations also insert new Regulations 33A and 33B into S.I. 2017/571 to make provision where, in relation to Schedule 1 development or Schedule 2 development, a local planning authority (under section 97 or 102 of, or paragraph 1 of Schedule 9, to the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) or the Secretary of State (under section 98(6), 103(2), 141(2), 100(1) or 104(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) proposes to grant or modify a planning permission.".

Other Sources of Information:

• June 2018: Explanatory Memorandum to SI 2018 No. 695 (pdf) (link).

Updates to the Planning Jungle website:

• • The "EIA Regulations 2017 (Consolidated)" document has been created to incorporate the above SI 2018 No. 695.
  • The "Brownfield Land Register Regulations 2017 (Consolidated)" document has been updated to incorporate the above SI 2018 No. 695.
  • The "DMPO 2015 (Consolidated)" document has been updated to incorporate the above SI 2018 No. 695.
  • The "GPDO 2015 (Consolidated)" document has been updated to incorporate the above SI 2018 No. 695.
  • The "Infrastructure Planning Order/Regulations/Rules, etc" page has been updated to list the above SI 2018 No. 695.