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Natural Environment Bill

Combined plan and other matters - National environment plans - Evaluation reports and justification reports

109: Requirements for further justification reports

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If you need a further justification report for a proposed plan, you only need it for significant changes made since the last report. You do not need a further justification report if the change is replacing a bespoke plan provision with a standardised one. When you prepare a further justification report, you must follow the rules set out in section 108(1) to (4) of the Natural Environment Bill and include the right amount of detail for the changes.

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National environment plans: Evaluation reports and justification reports

109Requirements for further justification reports

  1. A further justification report required under clause 26 or 27 of Schedule 3 of the Planning Act 2025 for a proposed plan—

  2. is required only for any significant changes that have been made to, or are proposed for, a bespoke provision or a provision on a specified topic since the relevant justification report or previous further justification report was completed; but
    1. is not required if the significant change is the replacement of a bespoke plan provision with a standardised plan provision.

      1. A further justification report must—

      2. be prepared in accordance with section 108(1) to (4); and
        1. contain a level of detail that corresponds to the scale and significance of the changes.