Consultation outcome

Habitats Directive: consultation on draft guidance on the application of article 6(4)

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
• Published: 7 August 2012

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

This consultation has concluded

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Summary of responses

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Detail of outcome

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Original consultation

Summary

Alternative solutions, imperative reasons of overriding public interest (IROPI) and compensatory measures Summary Views were sought on draft…

This consultation ran from
7 August 2012 to 11:45pm on 30 October 2012

Consultation description

Views were sought on draft guidance on the application of article 6(4) of the Habitats Directive. Article 6(4) allows plans or projects which may have an adverse effect on the integrity of a European site to go ahead on grounds of “imperative reasons of overriding public interest” (IROPI) when there are no alternative solutions and compensatory measures have been secured. In particular, views were sought on:

• The overall approach to allowing plans or projects to go ahead on grounds of IROPI
• The relationship between alternative solutions and IROPI
• The definition of IROPI
• Compensatory measures

Further information

• Habitats Directive Implementation Review
• Habitats and Wild Birds Directives: guidance on the application of article 6(4) (Final guidance)

Documents

Consultation letter

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Consultation document

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Consultation list

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Draft guidance

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Draft guidance – Annex 1

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Published 7 August 2012