Environmental Impact Assessments for woodland

Publication Year

2023

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Provides details on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for forestry projects in England. Covers: what a forestry EIA is; what projects need a forestry EIA; application forms and guidance; is an application needed; types of 'stage 1' forestry EIAs; timescales for a decision; EIA thresholds; threshold tables for afforestation/deforestation/road or quarry proposals; adjacent projects; sensitive areas; low risk areas for woodland creation; application process; apply for 'stage 2' consent; enforcement; and further information.

Document History

Last updated 18 October 2023. Sourced from https://www.gov.uk/guidance/environmental-impact-assessments-for-woodland 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. First published 28 September 2021. Document type: guidance.

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