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Environmental statement definition

What does Environmental statement mean? An environmental statement is the developer’s principal EIA document submitted with a planning or other development consent application, explaining the project and its likely significant effects on the environment and how those effects will be avoided, reduced or offset. In England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, the term and its required contents are set by environmental impact assessment regulations (including the Town and Country Planning EIA Regulations 2017 and equivalent regimes for nationally significant infrastructure and marine consents). In Ireland, the equivalent document is the Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and...

Environmental Statements in Planning (England and Wales): Preparation, Consultation, Content, and Key Developments - Finch downstream emissions, Environmental Delivery Plans and the nature restoration levy, and Environmental Outcomes Reports

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Context

An Environmental impact assessment (EIA) evaluates the potentially significant environmental consequences of a scheme. Certain categories of development require an EIA before planning permission can be issued. Through this process, the public and the local planning authority (LPA) can understand the importance of predicted impacts and how they might be reduced prior to any decision. See Practice Note: Environmental impact assessments—key points. The outcomes are captured in an Environmental statement (ES). Producing an ES helps developers integrate environmental considerations at the project design stage. Carrying out a thorough and comprehensive EIA may enhance the likelihood of obtaining planning permission...

Legislation and guidance

EIA for town and country planning matters is governed by:

the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (English EIA Regulations), SI 2017/571 in England, and
the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Wales) Regulations 2017 (Welsh EIA Regulations), SI 2017/567 in Wales

Together the ‘EIA Regulations’. The EIA Regulations transpose into English and Welsh law the changes made by Archived Directive 2014/52/EU to Archived Directive 2011/92/EU...

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