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Consultation Outcome Published 20 Dec 2017 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland) Scottish Government Welsh Government ↗ View on GOV.UK

Environmental Impact Assessment – joint technical consultation: planning changes to regulations on forestry, agriculture, water resources, land drainage and marine works

Seeking views on plans to update the Environment Impact Assessment Regulations in the UK.

Opened 13 Dec 2016
Closed 30 Jan 2017
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We want to know what you think about our proposals to amend EIA regulations on forestry, agriculture, water resources, land drainage and marine works. These changes, agreed in 2014, will make the EIA regulations work more efficiently, focusing more on where environmental protection is really needed.

Environmental impact assessment (EIA) means checking if work (eg construction) will harm the environment and agreeing what needs to be done to avoid environmental damage.

This is a joint consultation between Defra, the Welsh Government, the Scottish Government and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland.