Planning - England
The Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 aim to ensure that section 33A of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 – which imposes a duty on local planning authorities, county councils and prescribed persons to cooperate with each other – works effectively.
Members of IEMA’s Impact Assessment Network Steering Group have published the 17th edition of the Impact Assessment Outlook Journal, which provides a series of thought pieces on the policy and practice of habitats regulations assessment (HRA).
In July, we published the long-awaited update and replacement of one of IEMA’s first published impact assessment guidance documents from 1993, Guidelines for the Environmental Assessment of Road Traffic.
Are we losing sight of its intended purpose and what does the future hold for EIA? Jo Beech, Tiziana Bartolini and Jessamy Funnell report.
Luke Barrows and Alfie Byron-Grange look at the barriers to adoption of digital environmental impacts assessments
Susan Evans and Helen North consider how Environmental Statements can be more accessible and understandable
IEMA’s Impact Assessment Network is updating its advice note on non-technical summaries (NTS).
Matthew Coe looks at the challenges of securing biodiversity net gain on environmental impact assessment projects
