Policy and practice environmental assessment and planning: A chronology of development in England and Wales

Bond, A. J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3809-5805 (1997) Policy and practice environmental assessment and planning: A chronology of development in England and Wales. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 40 (2). pp. 261-271. ISSN 0964-0568

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Abstract

The development of regulations to implement Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) in England and Wales occurred initially as a response to European Community Directive obligations. Since then, a proliferation of regulations has resulted from the need to meet those obligations which were not covered successfully by the first tranche of legislation; the desire to extend the range of project types requiring EIA beyond those specified in the Directive; and the need to respond to changes brought about by privatization.As a result, current regulations relating to EIA are extremely complex and are in a constant state of flux. This inevitably causes problems for those responsible for their implementation. Ten years after the 1985 Environmental Impact Assessment Directive was notified to the Member States, it has undergone a review and the European Commissionhas reached a common position on the proposedamendments.The implementation date for Member States to meet the requirements of the amended Directive is 31 December 1997 (ENDS, 1996). However, the 1985 Directive has yet to be fully implemented in the UK.

Item Type: Article
Faculty \ School: University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA
Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Social Sciences
Depositing User: Rachel Snow
Date Deposited: 25 Mar 2011 15:33
Last Modified: 08 Aug 2023 09:30
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/27228
DOI: 10.1080/09640569712218

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