Planning and Development Act 2024
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SCHEDULE 1 Strategic Infrastructure Development | ||
Energy Infrastructure | ||
1. Development comprising or for the purposes of any of the following: | ||
(a) an installation for the onshore extraction of petroleum or natural gas; | ||
(b) a crude oil refinery (excluding an undertaking manufacturing only lubricants from crude oil) or an installation for the gasification and liquefaction of not less than 500 tonnes of coal or bituminous shale per day; | ||
(c) a thermal power station or other combustion installation with a total energy output of not less than 300 megawatts; | ||
(d) an industrial installation for the production of electricity, steam or hot water with a heat output of not less than 300 megawatts; | ||
(e) an oil pipeline and any associated terminals, buildings and installations, where the length of the pipeline (whether as originally provided or as extended) would exceed 20 kilometres; | ||
(f) an installation for the surface storage of oil or coal, where the storage capacity would exceed 100,000 tonnes; | ||
(g) an installation for hydroelectric energy production with an output of not less than 300 megawatts, or where the new or extended superficial area of water impounded would be not less than 30 hectares, or where there would be a 30 per cent change in the maximum, minimum or mean flows in the main river channel; | ||
(h) an installation for the harnessing of wind power for energy production with not less than 25 turbines or having a total output not less than 50 megawatts. | ||
Transport Infrastructure | ||
2. Development comprising or for the purposes of any of the following: | ||
(a) an intermodal transhipment facility, an intermodal terminal or a passenger or goods facility that, in each case, would exceed 5 hectares in area; | ||
(b) a terminal, building or installation associated with a long-distance railway, tramway, surface, elevated or underground railway or railway supported by suspended lines or similar lines of a particular type, used exclusively or mainly for passenger transport, but excluding any proposed railway works to which an application under section 37 of the Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001 applies; | ||
(c) a harbour or port installation (which may include facilities in the form of loading or unloading areas, vehicle queuing and parking areas, ship repair areas, areas for berthing or dry docking of ships, areas for the weighing, handling or transport of goods or the movement or transport of passengers (including customs or passport control facilities), associated administrative offices or other similar facilities directly related to and forming an integral part of the installation)— | ||
(i) where the area or additional area of water enclosed would be not less than 20 hectares, | ||
(ii) that would involve the reclamation of not less than 5 hectares of land, | ||
(iii) that would involve the construction of— | ||
(I) a quay that would exceed 100 metres in length, or | ||
(II) more than one quay, each of which would exceed 100 metres in length, | ||
or | ||
(iv) that would enable a vessel of over 1,350 tonnes to enter within it. | ||
Environmental Infrastructure | ||
3. Development comprising or for the purposes of any of the following: | ||
(a) a waste disposal installation for— | ||
(i) the incineration, | ||
(ii) the physico-chemical treatment (within the meaning of paragraph D9 of Annex IIA to Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 197523 on waste), or | ||
(iii) the landfill, | ||
of hazardous waste to which Council Directive 91/689/EEC of 12 December 199124 on hazardous waste applies (other than an industrial waste disposal installation integrated into a larger industrial facility); | ||
(b) a waste disposal installation for— | ||
(i) the incineration, or | ||
(ii) the physico-chemical treatment (within the meaning of paragraph D9 of Annex IIA to Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 197525 on waste), | ||
of non-hazardous waste with a capacity for an annual intake greater than 100,000 tonnes; | ||
(c) an installation for the disposal, treatment or recovery of waste with a capacity for an annual intake greater than 100,000 tonnes; | ||
(d) a ground water or surface water abstraction or artificial groundwater recharge scheme, where the annual volume of water abstracted or recharged is equivalent to or exceeds 2 million cubic metres; | ||
(e) any works for the transfer of water resources between river basins, where the annual volume of water abstracted or recharged would exceed 2 million cubic metres; | ||
(f) a waste water treatment plant with a capacity greater than a population equivalent of 10,000 and, for the purpose of this provision, “population equivalent” shall be construed in accordance with paragraph 6 of Article 2 of Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 199126 concerning urban waste water treatment; | ||
(g) a sludge-deposition site with the capacity for the annual deposition of 50,000 tonnes of sludge (wet); | ||
(h) any canalisation or flood relief works where— | ||
(i) the immediate contributing sub-catchment of the proposed works (namely the difference between the contributing catchments at the upper and lower extent of the works) would exceed 1,000 hectares, | ||
(ii) not less than 20 hectares of wetland would be affected, or | ||
(iii) the length of river channel on which works are proposed would be greater than 2 kilometres; | ||
(i) a dam or other installation designed for the holding back or the permanent or long-term storage of water, where the new or extended area of water impounded would be not less than 30 hectares or where a new or additional amount of water held back or stored would exceed 10,000,000 cubic metres; | ||
(j) an installation of over ground aqueducts each of which would have a diameter of not less than 1,000 millimetres and a length of not less than 500 metres; | ||
(k) any coastal works to combat erosion or maritime works capable of altering the coast through the construction, for example, of dikes, moles, jetties and other sea defence works, where in each case the length of coastline on which the works would take place would exceed 1 kilometre, but excluding the maintenance or reconstruction of such works or works required for emergency purposes. | ||
Health Infrastructure | ||
4. Development comprising a healthcare facility (other than a development that is predominantly for the purposes of providing care services within the meaning of section 3 of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme Act 2009 ) which, whether or not the facility is intended to form part of another healthcare facility, shall provide in-patient services and shall have not fewer than 100 beds in order to so provide. | ||
23 OJ No. L194, 25.07.1975, p. 39 24 OJ No. L377, 31.12.1991, p. 20 |