A Technical Consultation on Planning has been produced to address the governments belief that development is not being brought forward due to the costly EIA process. It is thought that the current system has too much room for subjectivity and more EIAs should be ruled out during the screening process, new guidance for planners has been published, follow this link to view it; Planning Guide
The proposals focus on urban residential development and industrial estates. It is proposed to raise the EIA screening thresholds for industrial and urban development projects outside sensitive areas from 0.5ha to 5ha, given a density in housing of 30 units per ha, this equates to development of 150 units. It is thought that this will reduce the number of EIA applications from 1600 to 300 per year.
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