Environment Act 1995

Consultation requirements E+W+S

1 (1) A local authority in carrying out its functions in relation to— E+W+S

(a) any air quality review,

(b) any assessment under section 82 F1 ... of this Act, or

(c) the preparation of an action plan or any revision of an action plan,

shall consult such other persons as fall within sub-paragraph (2) below.

(2) Those persons are—

(a) the Secretary of State;

(b) the appropriate new Agency;

(c) in England and Wales, the highway authority for any highway in the area to which the review or, as the case may be, the action plan or revision relates;

[F2 (d) every neighbouring authority;]

(e) any county council in England whose area consists of or includes the whole or any part of the authority’s area;

(f) any National Park authority for a National Park whose area consists of or includes the whole or any part of the authority’s area;

(g) such public authorities exercising functions in, or in the vicinity of, the authority’s area as the authority may consider appropriate;

(h) such bodies appearing to the authority to be representative of persons with business interests in the area to which the review or action plan in question relates as the authority may consider appropriate;

(j) such other bodies or persons as the authority considers appropriate.

[F3 (2A) A local authority specified in sub-paragraph (2B) below shall in carrying out the functions falling within sub-paragraph (1)(a) to (c) above also consult the Mayor of London.

F3 (2B) The local authorities mentioned in sub-paragraph (2A) above are—

(a) any local authority in Greater London,

(b) any local authority whose area is contiguous to the area of Greater London.]

(3) [F4 Except in its application to Scotland,] in this paragraph “National Park authority”, F5 . . ., means a National Park authority established under section 63 of this Act which has become the local planning authority for the National Park in question.

F6 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F7 (5) In the application of this paragraph to Scotland “National Park authority” means a National Park authority established by virtue of section 7(1)(b) of the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 10).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 11 para. 1(1)(b) repealed (S.) (30.6.2014) by Regulatory Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 (asp 3), s. 61(2), sch. 3 para. 29(8)(a); S.S.I. 2014/160, art. 2(1)(2) and omitted (E.W.) (26.5.2015) by virtue of Deregulation Act 2015 (c. 20), s. 115(3)(q), Sch. 13 para. 8(2)(c)

F2 Sch. 11 para. 1(2)(d) substituted (1.5.2022) by Environment Act 2021 (c. 30), s. 147(3), Sch. 11 para. 14 (with s. 144); S.I. 2022/48, reg. 4(c)

F3 Sch. 11 para. 1(2A)(2B) inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 369, (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3

F4 Words in Sch. 11 para. 1(3) inserted (S.) (8.9.2000) by 2000 asp 10, s. 36, Sch. 5 para. 17(a) (with s. 32); S.S.I. 2000/312, art. 2

F5 Words in Sch. 11 para. 1(3) repealed (E.W.) (1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(3), Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/2560, art. 2, Sch.

F6 Sch. 11 para. 1(4) repealed (E.W.) (1.4.1997) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120(3), Sch. 24 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/2560, art. 2, Sch.

F7 Sch. 11 para. 1(5) inserted (S.) (8.9.2000) by 2000 asp 10, s. 36, Sch. 5 para. 17(b) (with s. 32); S.S.I. 2000/312, art. 2