Screening Directions can be requested if:
- a developer disagrees with the local planning authority (LPA) that an EIA is required
- LPA fail to issue a screening opinion within three weeks of a planning application being lodged
We can make a screening direction indicating whether EIA is required. We will normally do this within three weeks.
Scoping Directions can be requested if:
a developer disagrees with scope of environmental information required in EIA
LPA fails to issue a scoping opinion within five weeks of a planning application being lodged
We can make a scoping direction indicating what information is needed in an EIA. We will normally do this within five weeks.
EIAs were introduced under the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment)(England and Wales) Regulations 1999
The Regulations:
- require a developer to provide an EIA with a planning application
- govern when local planning authorities (LPA) can order an EIA - a process known as a screening opinion
- govern what information LPAs can ask the developer for – known as a scoping opinion
