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II. Public or regulatory permits
A. Spatial planning at sea
As of 13 September 2021, METI and MLIT
have, based on information gathered from
various prefectures:
1. designated five zones as Promotion Zones;
2. identified a further seven zones (in
Aomori, Akita, Yamagata, Chiba, Niigata and
Nagasaki prefectures) as promising zones in
which they will immediately begin
preparations for the councils’ organization
and the government’s investigation into the
wind and geological conditions; and
Regulatory Permit
Land purchase and sale notification under the
National Land Use Planning Act
(Act No. 92 of 1974)
Development and Permission under the City
Planning Act
(Act No. 100 of 15 June 1968)
Permission for agricultural land conversion
under the Agricultural Land Act (Act No. 249 of
15 July 1952) (for agricultural land in agricultural
areas, including procedures for changing
municipal agricultural promotion area
development plans under the Act on the
Development of Agricultural Promotion Areas)
Hogan Lovells
Japan
identified an additional ten zones (in
Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate, Fukui, Fukuoka
and Saga prefectures) which will be
designated as promotion zones under the
New Act, and preparations for offshore
projects are underway in these areas.
B. Regulatory permits required for the
construction and operation of the
offshore wind farm and onshore grid
connection
It will vary depending on the project area in
question, but typically, consideration should
be given to whether the following regulatory
permits may be required.
Notification of Civil Engineering Works on the
land which contains Buried Cultural Properties
under the Act on the Protection of Cultural
Properties (Act No. 214 of 1950)
Notification of Changes in the Form or
Nature of Land under the Soil Contamination
Countermeasures Act
(Act No. 53 of 29 May 2002)
Permission for construction of new structures
under the Natural Parks Act (Act No. 161 of 1
June 1957)
Permission of installation of river structures
under the River Act (Act No. 167 of 1964)
Forest land development permission under the
Forest Act (Act No. 249 of 1951)
Environmental Impact Assessment Procedures
under the Environmental Impact Assessment
Act (Act No. 81 of 13 June 1997)
Notification of Felling and Post-Felling
Afforestation under the Forest Act
(Act No. 249 of 1951)
Notification of the establishment of a new
specified factory under the Factory
Location Act (Act No. 24 of 1959)