EIA Review Workshop

Understanding how to analyse environmental information submitted in support of planning applications, particularly information contained in Environmental Statements (ESs), is an important aspect of any planning officer’s job.

This two day interactive review course has been designed by the IEMA to help planning officers with this aspect of their role. The course will focus on;

• EIA & Decision Making
• Quality in EIA
• EIA Review

By attending the course you will develop the skills and knowledge necessary to analyse environmental information submitted in support of planning applications. This will enable you to:

• determine whether sufficient expertise is available in-house to review the environmental information or if external assistance is required;
• identify any gaps in the environmental information that you have been sent;
• judge whether sufficient information is provided to support decision making;
• determine if any additional environmental information is needed; and
• recognise which environmental impacts should be material considerations in decision making.

Download a booking form:   EIA Flyer.pdf (261.25 KB)

Dates:

14th &15th October - Yorkshire and Humber (TBC)

20th &21st November - Midlands (TBC)

Price:

Member: £400 (£470 inc. VAT)

Non Member: £500 (£587.50 inc. VAT)

To book online please click here!

Speaker Biography -Karl Fuller

Karl is a Director of Sherwood Sustainability & Environmental Associates.  He has over 15 years experience in the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) field.  He has developed the EIA & SEA quality assurance services provided by the Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment and has extensive experience of reviewing and advising on the quality of Environmental Statements. 

He has developed good practice guidance for practitioners and provided training services and resources within the UK and internationally.  He has been a member of a UK Government steering group advising on the Strategic Environmental Assessment of offshore wind energy provision and has chaired and coordinated an international panel review of an EIA for a project adjacent to a Ramsar site in Cyprus.