Publication - Impact assessment
Onshore Electricity Generation: Consultation on increasing the threshold for applications under The Electricity Act – Partial Business And Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA)
This Partial Business and Regulatory Impact Assessment (BRIA) estimates the costs, benefits and risks linked to increasing the 50MW threshold which determines whether applications for onshore electricity generating stations are decided by Scottish Ministers or by the relevant planning authority.
Footnotes
1 Planning Authorities are statutory consultees under the Electricity Act
2 In Scotland the development plan is comprised of the National Planning Framework and the relevant Local Development Plan. All planning applications must be determined in accordance with the statutory development plan unless material considerations indicate otherwise.