Thursday 29 Jul 10
Energy from waste - EIAs
Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) are required for certain types of development, including energy from waste plants, as part of the planning application process. An EIA provides an assessment of the likely impacts, both positive and negative, of a new development on the natural environment.
The onus is on the developer to present an Environmental Statement, a publically available consultation document, which sets out the potentially significant environmental impacts of the development and measures to mitigate these impacts. The content of this Statement, together with any comments, are taken into consideration by the deciding body in granting planning consent. This section provides more information on what an EIA involves and should cover in the context of energy from waste.
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- Amended circular on environmental impact assessment: A consultation paper
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- 0342-GovC
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- DCLG, January 2006
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- External Web Link
- Link:
- www.communities.gov.uk/archived/publicat...
- This Circular gives guidance on the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment)(England and Wales) Regulations 1999 (SI 1999 No 293) as amended by the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment)(Amendment) Regulations 2006. Amendments are being made to Circular 02/99: Environmental Impact Assessment on screening guidance, recent case law and the incorporation of public participation requirements into EIA legislation. Text is being amended where necessary and old references updated. There is a simultaneous consultation on good practice guidance aimed at developers. Please note the consultation period for this document has ended. v show details
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- Environmental impact assessment: A guide to good practice and procedures (consultation paper)
- Ref:
- 0343-GovC
- Author:
- Department of Communities and Local Government, January 2006
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- External Web Link
- Link:
- www.communities.gov.uk/archived/publicat...
- Amendments are being made to Circular 02/99: Environmental Impact Assessment on screening guidance, recent case law and the incorporation of public participation requirements into EIA legislation. Text is being amended where necessary and old references updated. There is a simultaneous consultation on this good practice guidance aimed at developers. Please note the consultation period for this document has ended.v show details
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- Environmental impact assessment: A guide to procedures
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- 0345-GovC
- Author:
- Department of the Environment, March 2009
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- External Web Link
- Link:
- www.communities.gov.uk/planningandbuildi...
- A good-practice guide to projects requiring environmental assessment under the UK Town and Country Planning legislation. The first part of the book covers scoping and the definition of requirements for baseline studies, prediction of impacts and formulation of mitigation measures. The second part describes the preparation of an environmental statement. Valuable manual for local authorities, developers and consultants. ISBN 0 11 753 207.v show details
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- Advanced thermal treatment of municipal solid waste
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- 0449-GovN
- Author:
- Enviros Consulting Limited for Defra, January 2005
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- External PDF File
- Link:
- www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/resid...
- This technology brief is one of a series of documents prepared under the New Technologies work stream of the Defra Waste Implementation Programme. The briefs address potentially important new technologies which may have an increasing role in diverting municipal solid waste (MSW) from landfill into a more sustainable and integrated waste management alternative; extracting materials and energy from MSW for recovery; and reducing quantities remaining for disposal. Other titles in this series include: An introductory guide to waste management options; Advanced biological treatment; Mechanical biological treatment and Mechanical heat treatment.v show details
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- Review of environmental and health effects of waste management (Municipal solid waste and similar)
- Ref:
- 0467-GovN
- Author:
- Enviros Consulting Ltd and Birmingham University for Defra, January 2004
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- External Web Link
- Link:
- www.defra.gov.uk/environment/waste/stati...
- Defra commissioned Enviros Consulting Ltd and Birmingham University to draw together all the available information on the environmental and health effects of managing municipal solid waste. This followed a recommendation in the Prime Minister's Strategy Unit report: 'Waste not, want not: A strategy for tackling the waste problem in England' (November 2002). The study considers municipal solid waste and similar wastes, and will be followed by a further study of other wastes.v show details
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