Current legislation

Planning applications in the vicinity of major hazard sites, major accident hazard pipelines and explosive sites

Applications for Hazardous Substances Consent

England and Wales

Scotland

Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects

The Primary Legislation for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects is:

Developments of National Significance

The Primary Legislation for Developments of National Significance in Wales is:

Wales: Planning (Wales) Act 2015[16]

Seveso III

Pipelines

The Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996[20]

Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH)

Control of Major Accident Hazard Regulations 2015[21]

Link URLs in this page

  1. The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (as amended)http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/8/contents
  2. The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/8/contents
  3. England: The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/595/contents/made
  4. Wales: The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2012/801/made
  5. Scotland: The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2013http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/155/contents/made
  6. The Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/10/contents
  7. The Planning (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 2015http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/627/contents/made
  8. The Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Wales) Regulations 2015http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/1597/contents/made
  9. The Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Scotland) Act 1997http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/10/contents
  10. The Town and Country Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Scotland) Regulations 2015http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/181/contents/made
  11. The Planning Act 2008http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/29/contents
  12. The Localism Act 2011http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/20/contents
  13. Growth and Infrastructure Act 2013http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/27/contents/enacted
  14. Infrastructure Act 2015http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/7/contents
  15. Housing and Planning Act 2016http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/22/contents/enacted
  16. Wales: Planning (Wales) Act 2015http://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2015/4/contents/enacted
  17. Wales: The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2012/801/made
  18. Wales: The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) (Amendment) Order 2016http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2016/59/contents/made
  19. Scotland: The Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2013http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/155/contents/made
  20. The Pipelines Safety Regulations 1996http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/825/made
  21. Control of Major Accident Hazard Regulations 2015http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/483/contents/made
  22. HSE's Planning Advice Web Apphttps://pa.hsl.gov.uk/
  23. Planning Practice Guidance (Hazardous substances)http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/blog/guidance/hazardous-substances/
  24. Legislation: CDM Regulations 2015http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/51/contents/made
  25. Planning Portal: online planning application and building control informationhttps://www.planningportal.co.uk/
  26. COMAHhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/comah/index.htm
  27. Sevesohttps://www.hse.gov.uk/seveso/index.htm
  28. Land Use Planning - Nuclear (ONR)http://www.onr.org.uk/land-use-planning.htm
  29. Enforcement actionhttps://www.hse.gov.uk/enforce/index.htm

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Updated: 2025-02-27