Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 572 of 2017).

Subject

Environment gen., Land & soil, Water, Wild species & ecosystems

Keyword

EIA Cultural heritage Land-use planning Coastal zone management Inland waters Sustainable development Protected area Wetlands Protection of habitats Ecosystem preservation

Geographical area

Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe

Abstract

These Regulations implement the requirements of the Directive 2011/92/EU as amended by 2014/52/EU for environmental impact assessment procedures in the context of the nationally significant infrastructure regime which extends to England and Wales and for limited purposes to Scotland. To the extent that these Regulations implement the Directive in relation to this regime, they extend to Wales and Scotland. The main changes from the 2009 Regulations are: —to the circumstances in which a project may be exempt from the EIA process; —the introduction of co-ordinated procedures for projects which are also subject to assessment under Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora or Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conservation of Wild Birds; — to the list of environmental factors to be considered as part of the EIA process; — to the information to be provided to inform a screening decision and the criteria to be applied when making a screening decision; — to the way in which an environmental statement is to be prepared, including an amendment to the information to be included in it, the introduction of a requirement that it be based upon a scoping opinion (where one has been obtained) and a requirement that it be prepared by a competent expert; — to the means by which the public is to be informed of projects which are subject to the EIA process; and — a requirement for decision-makers to avoid conflicts of interest.

Full text

English

Website

www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Implements

Directive 2014/52/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2011/92/EU on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment.

Legislation | European Union | 2014

Keyword: EIA, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Climate change, Offences/penalties, Cultural heritage

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repeals

Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 2263 of 2009).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2009

Keyword: EIA, Land-use planning, Coastal zone management, Inland waters, Sustainable development, Protected area, Wetlands

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Environmental Assessments and Miscellaneous Planning (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. No. 1232 of 2018).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2018

Keyword: EIA, Pollution control, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Land-use planning

Source: FAO, FAOLEX