tailieunhanh - Circular 02/99: Environmental impact assessment

The Directive's main aim is to ensure that the authority giving the primary consent (the 'competent authority') for a particular project makes its decision in the knowledge of any likely significant effects on the environment. The Directive, therefore, sets out a procedure that must be followed for certain types of project before they can be given 'development consent'. This procedure, known as Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), is a means of drawing together, in a systematic way, an assessment of a project's likely significant environmental effects. This helps to ensure that the importance of the predicted effects, and the scope for reducing them, are properly understood by the. | Circular 02 99 Environmental impact assessment On 5th May 2006 the responsibilities of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister ODPM transferred to the Department for Communities and Local Government. Department for Communities and Local Government Eland House Bressenden Place London SW1E 5DU Telephone 020 7944 4400 Website Documents downloaded from the website areCrown Copyright unless otherwise stated in which case copyright is assigned to Queens Printer and Controller of Her Majestys Stationery Office. Copyright in the typographical arrangement rests with the Crown. This publication excluding logos may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium for research private study or for internal circulation within an organisation. This is subject to it being reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. The material must be acknowledged as Crown copyright and the title of the publication specified. Any other use of the contents of this publication would require a copyright licence. Please apply for a Click-Use Licence for core material at click-use system online or by writing to the Office of Public Sector Information Information Policy Team St Clements House 2-16 Colegate Norwich NR3 1BQ. Fax 01603 723000 or e-mail HMSOlicensing@. This publication is only available online via the Communities and Local Government website Alternative formats under Disability Discrimination Act DDA if you require this publication in an alternative format please email alternativeformats@ Publication title Circular 02 99 Environmental impact assessment Date published 12 March 1999 ISBN 0 11 753493 5 Price available to view below Summary This Circular provides guidance on the Town and Country Planning Environmental Impact Assessment England and Wales Regulations 1999 for local planning authorities. Order This is a priced .