Nationally significant infrastructure projects: advice on EIA notification and consultation

Advice Note

Planning Inspectorate, 2024
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Current

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Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning

Series

Advice Note

Abstract

Provides advice on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) notification and consultation for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs), specifically the notification and consultation of prescribed bodies on the scope of Environmental Statements. Covers: advice context; who should be consulted; notification and consultation of the prescribed consultation bodies by the Planning Inspectorate; the Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedures) (APFP) Regulation amendments and identifying the correct consultation bodies for your project.

History

Supersedes: Advice note 3: Nationally significant infrastructure projects - advice note three: EIA notification and consultation. Version 7 (PINS, 2017). Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nationally-significant-infrastructure-projects-advice-on-eia-notification-and-consultation and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 20 September 2024.

Subjects

  • Planning and development
  • Planning control, England
  • Planning control
  • Strategic planning

Publisher History

The Planning Inspectorate processes planning and enforcement appeals and holding examinations into regional spatial strategies and local development plans.

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