Planning, building and the environment

Sources of Information on Environmental Impact Assessment

Guidance

Publication title: Circular 02/99: Environmental impact assessment
Date published: 12 March 1999
ISBN: 0 11 753493 5
Price: £9.25 (available to view from related publications below)

Publication title: Environmental impact assessment: A guide to procedures
Date published: January 2000
ISBN: 0 72 772960 8
Price: £15 (available to view from related publications below)

The guide is specifically aimed at developers, and their agents and consultants, but is also a useful introduction to EIA for students and members of the public. Appendix 8 of the Guide lists, and on the website link below has hyperlinks to the, Regulations that transpose the requirements of Council Directive 85/337/EEC as amended by Council Directive 97/11/EC.

Publication title: Mitigation Measures in Environmental Statements
Date published: July 1997
ISBN: 1 85 112050 5
Price: £12

This is a report carried out on behalf of the then DOE and provides guidance on good practice

This is a priced publication available from Communities and Local Government Publications, PO Box 236, Wetherby LS23 7NB. Tel: 0870 1226 236, fax: 0870 1226 237, textphone: 0870 1207 405, email: communities@twoten.com. Please quote the ISBN when ordering. Payment can be made by credit or debit card, or by cheque or postal order made out to the Department for Communities and Local Government (an invoice can be requested, if required). Delivery will be 5-7 days from receipt of payment.

The Department has also issued a Note on environmental impact assessment directive for local planning authorities. This is a guidance note to all local planning authorities in England and is an aide-memoire of the potential pitfalls involving EIA and how to avoid them.

Good Practice Guides

Publication title: Preparation of Environmental Statements for Planning Projects that Require Environmental Assessment
Date published: December 1995
ISBN: 0 11 753207 X
Price: £15

This is a guide for agents, consultants and developers about how to produce an environmental statement.

Publication title: Evaluation of Environmental Information for Projects
Date published: November 1994
ISBN: 0 11 753043 3
Price: £8

This guidance provides local planning authorities with help on how to assess an environmental statement.

These Good Practice Guides are priced publications available from TSO (The Stationery Office), PO Box 29, Norwich NR3 1GN. Order through the Parliamentary Hotline (Lo-call): 08457 023 474, fax: 0870 600 5533, textphone 0870 240 3701, email: book.orders@tso.co.uk or visit www.tsoshop.co.uk (external link) to buy online.

Other Publications

Publication title: Introduction to Environmental Impact Assessment (2nd Edition)
Date published: December 1995
ISBN: 1 85 728945 5
Price: £26.99

Published by UCL Press Ltd

Publication title: Environmental Impact Assessment Handbook
Date published: November 1994
ISBN: 0 72 772781 8
Price: £40

This is a priced publication available from the Thomas Telford Bookshop at the Institution of Civil Engineers, One Great George Street, Westminster, London SW1P 3AA. Order through tel: 0207 665 2019, fax: 0207 665 2245, email: bookshop@ice.org.uk or visit http://www.thomastelford.com/books (external link) to buy online. Please quote the ISBN when ordering. You can also buy in person from the Bookshop.

Publication title: Scoping Guidelines for the Environmental Impact Assessment of Projects
Price: £95

Published by the Environment Agency. Information on the Guidelines and how to order them are on the Agency's website at http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/business/444304/773887/311024/ (external link).

Useful Websites

Planning Inspectorate website at http://www.planning-inspectorate.gov.uk/ (external link).

The Planning Portal at http://www.planningportal.gov.uk (external link).

EU guidance (revised 2001) on screening, scoping and review, and cumulation can be accessed from the European Commission's website at http://ec.europa.eu/comm/environment/eia/home.htm (external link).

Summaries on UK EIA Court cases are located at http://www.bailii.org/ (external link). You will need to have some details about the case you are seeking details on to aid your search.

UK legislation can be viewed on the OPSI website at http://www.opsi.gov.uk/legislation (external link). To view the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999 (SI No 293), for example, go to http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si1999/19990293.htm (external link).
and the amending Regulations at http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2000/20002867.htm (external link).

The Scottish Executive has issued a planning advice note (PAN) on EIA, which is available at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/library/pan/pan58-02.htm (external link).

Application of the Convention on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary context (referred to as the Espoo Convention) is available on the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe website at http://www.unece.org/env/eia/welcome.html (external link).