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Environmental Outcomes Reports (EORs) to replace EIA and SEA: government response and reform roadmap to 2027; practitioner implications for screening, monitoring, data and post-consent controls

Published on: 16 March 2026

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On 13 March 2026, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government released the consultation outcome ‘Environmental Outcomes Reports: a new approach to environmental assessment—government response’, alongside ‘Environmental Outcomes Reports: roadmap to reform’, which details the government’s intended timetable and phased roll-out of the new EOR regime.

What is the background to the consultation response?

In March 2023, the previous administration sought views on introducing Environmental Outcomes Reports (EORs) as a replacement for the EU-derived strategic environmental assessment (SEA) and environmental impact assessment (EIA) systems. That consultation ran for 12 weeks, from March to June 2023. It followed the inclusion of enabling powers in Part 6 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023, establishing the statutory platform for a domestic framework to supersede SEA and EIA. Although those powers were brought into force in December 2023, the requisite secondary legislation has yet to be made. The newly published response therefore signals a renewed commitment by the current government to implement the EOR regime.

What are the key points in the response?

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