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Environmental Impact Assessment: Key Changes for the Construction Industry Stefan Boss Peter Brett Associates LLP Environmental Impact Assessment Peter Brett Associates LLP Summary Legal Requirements When Required Key Risks to

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Environmental Impact Assessment: Key Changes for the Construction Industry

Stefan Boss

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Environmental Impact Assessment

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Summary

  • Legal Requirements
  • When Required
  • Key Risks to Address
  • Forthcoming Changes
  • Brexit
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Legal Requirement for EIA

Varies by country and sector:

  • The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact

Assessment) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

  • The Highways (Environmental Impact Assessment)

Regulations 2007

  • The Infrastructure Planning (Environmental Impact

Assessment) Regulations 2009

  • The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact

Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations

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When is EIA Required?

Schedule 1 (EIA mandatory)

  • Major: power stations, quarries, roads, pipelines, waste facilities,

chemical plants etc. – thresholds provided for each Schedule 2 (EIA required on case-by-case basis)

  • e.g. Urban & land development projects, industrial plants, mineral

extractions, transport schemes

  • Criteria over which projects need to be screened
  • Requirement for EIA based on:
  • Nature of site & surrounding area (e.g. SSSI, listed buildings)
  • Characteristics of the development
  • Likely environmental effects
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Proportionate

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Screening

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Alternatives

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Alternatives An outline of the main alternatives studied by the applicant or appellant and an indication of the main reasons for the choice made, taking into account the environmental effects.

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Alternatives An outline of the main alternatives studied by the applicant or appellant and an indication of the main reasons for the choice made, taking into account the environmental effects.

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Cumulative Effects

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Consultation

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Path of Least Resistance

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New EIA Regulations

  • May 2017
  • Consultation
  • Transitory Arrangements
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What Won’t Change

  • Separate Regulations for sectors/countries
  • No change to projects requiring EIA
  • Fundamentals of the process/reporting
  • Scoping optional
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Project Example – Brentford High Street and Waterside

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Project Example – Brentford High Street and Waterside

Listed Buildings Noise from 24hr Boat Yard Views from Syon Park & Kew Gardens Unprotected Functional Floodplain Bat Roosts & Commuting Corridors Likely Archaeology Rich Industrial History: Contamination Town Centre High Street Intertidal Mud: Invertebrates

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Screening

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EIA Report

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Climate Change

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Human Health

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Waste and Resources

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Other topics

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Competent Person

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Monitoring

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Key Points

  • Projects screened/submitted after May

2017

  • More onerous screening process
  • Screening timescales could affect project

planning

  • Additional EIA inputs required
  • Competent person
  • Consider implications of monitoring
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Brexit

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Discussion