Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Planning, building and the environment

EIA is a procedure that must be followed for certain types of development before they are granted development consent. The requirement for EIA comes from a European Directive (85/33/EEC as amended by 97/11/EC). The procedure requires the developer to compile an Environmental Statement (ES) describing the likely significant effects of the development on the environment and proposed mitigation measures. The ES must be circulated to statutory consultation bodies and made available to the public for comment. Its contents, together with any comments, must be taken into account by the competent authority (eg local planning authority) before it may grant consent.

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Circular 02/99: Environmental impact assessment
- Published: 12 March 1999
- Site: Planning, building and the environment
Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
- Published: 19 October 2007
- Closing date: 11 January 2008
- Site: Planning, building and the environment
Evidence Review of Scoping in Environmental Impact Assessment
- Published: 21 December 2006
- Site: Planning, building and the environment
Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA): The Application of Environmental Impact Assessment to the Review of the Mineral Permission relating to Conygar Quarry, Norton's Wood Lane, Clevedon, Somerset
- Published: 13 September 2006
- Site: Planning, building and the environment
Applications for Outline Planning Permission, Applications for approval of reserved matters and EIA procedure; The Effect of ECJ judgments in the cases of Ex parte Barker and Crystal Palace/White City
- Published: 30 June 2006
- Site: Planning, building and the environment

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