Consultation outcome

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

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, Welsh Government, The Scottish Government and Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (Northern Ireland)
• Published: 13 December 2016
• Last updated: 20 December 2017 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Read the full outcome

Summary of responses and government response

PDF, 447 KB, 23 pages

Detail of outcome

We received 462 responses to this consultation. The results of this consultation have informed the changes to the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) regulations for forestry, agriculture, land drainage, water resources and marine works.

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Original consultation

Summary

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

This consultation was held on another website.

This consultation ran from
13 December 2016 to 11:59pm on 29 January 2017

Consultation description

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.

Published 13 December 2016
Last updated 20 December 2017 + show all updates

1. 20 December 2017

   Summary of responses and government response added.

2. 13 December 2016

   First published.