Nationally significant infrastructure projects: advice on the Water Framework Directive

Publication Year

2024

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Provides advice on the Water Framework Directive (WFD) in relation to Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs) applications, specifically the requirements of the Water Environment Regulations 2017 (the WFD Regulations). Covers: aims of the WFD; duties of the Secretary of State and Examining Authority; relationship with Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Habitat Regulations Assessment (HRA); consultation bodies; overview of the WFD assessment process; WFD Stage 1 - screening; WFD Stage 2 - scoping; WFD Stage 3 - impact assessment; identification of water bodies; groundwater bodies; important aspects of a WFD impact assessment; derogations; presentation of information; and other resources.

Document History

Last updated: 14 November 2024 - Derogations section updated to use correct regulations reference. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nationally-significant-infrastructure-projects-advice-on-the-water-framework-directive 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: 20 September 2024.

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