Environmental Impact Assessment public guidance review
Close date: 14 October 2011
Open date: 21 July 2011
Natural England’s guidance on the The Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) (England) (No.2) Regulations 2006 is due for review to incorporate amendments as a result of experience as to how the Regulations have been applied over the last 5 years.
Natural England would like to invite your comments on the:
- revised EIA Agriculture Regulations 2006 Public Guidance: (665kb)
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ): (623kb).
For reference:
- the Statutory Instrument
which enacts the Regulations - the current version of the guidance.
Responses are requested by 5pm on Friday 14 October 2011.
2011 Farming Regulation Task Force recommendation
Natural England is also seeking your views on the recommendation of the Farming Regulation Task Force that Natural England should establish a better way to identify small, valuable pieces of biodiverse grassland.
It was suggested that Natural England use the opportunity that this guidance review presents to seek views about how this may be achieved. We would be grateful if you would respond to the question:
Q. How can better information about these small sites be gathered to ensure that significant impacts on uncultivated or semi-natural land area averted?
N.B. Options should be cost effective, proportionate and inclusive. Examples could include increased use of local biological data record centres, and local expert naturalists to carrying out new survey work.
Respond to:
Name: Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture)
Email: eia.england@naturalengland.org.uk
Address: Natural England, First Floor, Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Bristol, BS1 6EB
