A Permit to conduct a designated activity of state interest or to engage in development in a designated area of state interest shall be approved if the Project complies with the following basic general criteria and any additional applicable criteria. In making that determination, the Board may take into consideration the construction, operation, changes in use and cumulative impacts of the Project, including all phases of a Project phased over time. If the Project does not comply with any one or more of these criteria, the Permit shall be denied or approved with conditions. In determining whether the Project complies with these criteria, or if conditions should be imposed, the Permit Authority will utilize the considerations in Appendix “A.”