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Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
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.
The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008 and the Explanatory Memorandum to the Regulations (which contains an informal consolidation of the EIA Regulations as amended) are available from links on the right of this page.
In this section
- Note on Environmental Impact Assessment Directive for Local Planning Authorities
- Sources of Information on Environmental Impact Assessment
Related publications
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Circular 02/99: Environmental impact assessment
- Published: 12 March 1999
- Site: Planning, building and the environment
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Letter to Chief Planning Officers: Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) - Implications of recent judgments
- Published: 18 November 2009
- Site: Planning, building and the environment
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Evidence Review of Scoping in Environmental Impact Assessment
- Published: 21 December 2006
- Site: Planning, building and the environment
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Environmental Impact Assessment: A guide to procedures
- Published: 12 January 2000
- Site: Planning, building and the environment
Archived content
- The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2007
- 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
- Letter to Chief Planning Officers: 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
- Amended Circular on Environmental Impact Assessment: A consultation paper
- Environmental Impact Assessment: A Guide to Good Practice and Procedures - A consultation paper
On other sites
- OPSI: Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2008 (SI 2008 No 2093)
- OPSI: Explanatory Memorandum of EIA Regulations: Informal consolidation
- Planning Inspectorate
- Planning Portal
- European Commission
- OPSI: UK legislation
- The Scottish Government: Environment
- UNECE: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
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