Appropriate assessment

Publication Year

2019

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Comprises planning practice guidance focusing on the use of Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA). Covers: what constitutes a HRA; when appropriate assessments may be required in the planning process; what an appropriate assessment must contain; mitigation measures; implications of the People over Wind judgement for HRAs; the key principles which can be considered by competent authorities when considering whether appropriate assessment is required; whether a project or non-strategic plan, such as a neighbourhood plan, rely on a more strategic level appropriate assessment such as that undertaken for a local plan; impact of People over Wind judgement on neighbourhood plans, permission in principle, development orders and planning zones; and the possible implications of the People over Wind judgement for undertaking an Environmental Impact Assessment.

Document History

Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/appropriate-assessment 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. Document type: guidance. First published: 22 July 2019.

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