Land Planning and Development Control (Authority Procedures) Regulations, 2013

45 6. An advertisement not larger than 0.09 sq metre in area attached to the building to which it relates or displayed within its curtilage for the purpose of identification or direction. 7. A single temporary advertisement not larger than 0.5 sq metre in area and displayed not more than 4.5 metres above ground level relating to the sale or letting of the land or premises on which it is displayed and removed within 14 days after the completion of the transaction to which it relates. 8. A single temporary advertisement not larger than 1.5 sq metres in area and displayed not more than 4.5 metres above ground level relating to the carrying out of building or engineering works on the land on which it is displayed whilst those works are being carried out. 9. A single temporary advertisement not larger than 0.6 sq metre in area and displayed not more than 4.5 metres above ground level relating to a non-commercial local event or activity, displayed not more than 14 days before nor more than 14 days after the event or activity to which it relates. 10. Omitted 11. The display of temporary advertisements relating to public festivities, for a period not more than 6 weeks before and 2 weeks after the event to which they relate. LAND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CONTROL ORDINANCE, 2013 LAND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CONTROL (AUTHORITY PROCEDURES) REGULATIONS, 2013 (Sections 6, 63 and 70) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Citation and commencement 2. Meetings of Authority 3. Meaning of “relevant interest” 4. Reporting by Authority Citation and commencement 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Land Planning and Development Control (Authority Procedures) Regulations, 2013, and come into force on 1 February 2014. Meetings of Authority 2. (1) The Authority must give notice of any meeting convened under section 6 of the Ordinance by publication in one or more newspapers circulating on St Helena, where practicable at least 7 days before the meeting, and such notice must, subject to sub-regulation (2), inform members of the public that any person may attend the meeting. (2) The Chair may exclude members of the public from any meeting or part of a meeting where the matter under discussion is of a financial, commercial or personal nature which, in the opinion of the Chair, should properly be considered in private. 46 (3) Meetings of the Authority may be held by way of electronic media where the members participating in the meeting are not all present in the same place but where all the members participating can hear, and be heard by, all of the other members so participating and by members of the public in attendance. (4) The minutes of all meetings must, once approved by the Authority, be open to public inspection. Meaning of “relevant interest” 3. (1) For the purposes of section 7 of the Ordinance, a member of the Authority has a relevant interest in a matter if the member or any associated person has, to the member’s knowledge, an interest in land which is— (a) the subject of any application or discussion to which the matter relates; or (b) within 50 metres of any part of the land which is the subject of such application or discussion. (2) In this Regulation, an “associated person” in relation to a member means–– (a) his or her grandparents, parents, siblings, spouse or life partner, children, and grandchildren; (b) the spouses or life partners of his or her siblings, children and grandchildren; (c) any corporate body the activities of which he or she (either alone or in association or combination with any of the persons mentioned in paragraph (a) and (b)) is able to direct; or (d) a person for whom he or she, or a person mentioned in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c), has within the past 12 months, acted as a nominee, trustee or attorney. (3) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person has an interest in land if— (a) the person owns the freehold or any lease or any charge by way of security, or any option to acquire any of the foregoing interests over or in respect of such land; or (b) the person or any partner of the person or any company of which the person is an employee has in connection with the development of such land— (i) furnished any advice for or in expectation of gain; or (ii) otherwise contributed to the design process. (4) Notwithstanding sub-regulations (2)(d) and (3), a person is deemed not to have a relevant interest in a matter if the person would have that interest only by reason of— (a) being a trustee or nominee of a church or charity; (b) furnishing advice in the performance of duties as a public officer; or (c) being a member of the Legislative Council and the relevant land being Crown land. Reporting by Authority 4. A report by the Authority under section 63 of the Ordinance must contain the following information: (a) the number and type of applications for development permission received; (b) the number and type of applications for development permission granted; (c) the number and type of applications for development permission refused; 47 (d) the number and type of applications for development permission granted on appeal under this Ordinance; (e) the number of meetings of the Authority held during the year; (f) any difficulties the Authority has encountered in performing the duties set out in section 5(a), (b) and (c); and (g) any recommendations the Authority wishes to make as to the amendment of the Ordinance or the Regulations then in force or the making of new legislation to assist in the fulfilling of those objectives. LAND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CONTROL ORDINANCE, 2013 LAND PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CONTROL (ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT) REGULATIONS, 2013 (Sections 19, 20 and 70) TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Citation and commencement 2. Environmental impact assessment report 3. Review of quality of environmental impact assessment report 4. Screening opinions 5. Scoping opinions Citation and commencement 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Land Planning and Development Control (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations, 2013. (2) These Regulations come into force on 1st February 2014 and apply in respect of any application for development permission, screening opinion or scoping opinion which is submitted on or after that date. Environmental impact assessment report 2. (1) An EIA report required under section 19 of the Ordinance must include the following: (a) A description of the physical characteristics of the development including land use requirements. (b) A description of construction and operational processes including the nature and quantity of materials to be used. (c) For each of the environmental issues included in any Scoping Opinion: (i) A quantified assessment of expected positive and negative impacts on the environment, resulting from both the constructional phase, operational phase and where appropriate the decommissioning phase of the development. (ii) A statement of the data used, including baseline survey information, to identify and assess the impacts which the development is likely to have, including cumulative impacts where relevant.