Vulpes I agree that these not much in this that will affect the current status quo. Its an extra bit of fluff requiring a trust and we know all about them in archaeology.
On the eia stuff I see it as European agreement treaty stuff that is quite hard for governments to get out of. EIA mostly get ignored on size grounds but I have never found that there was a definitive size criteria. Its noticeable that lots of eia scooping options are undertaken for district authorities and an incredible number of screening exercises (basically ask the council if you need an eia) are undertaken but always leading to un required decisions which always makes me wonder why they went through the motion in the first place and to my mind there in lies the uncertaintys.
I feel that if there were any objectors that at some point they would call for an eia requirement and the bureaucrats in development control would agree and will find they have a part to justify their existence.
Does any body know what the smallest area that an eia has been produced for? Whats it for semi permanent grassland for example
On the eia stuff I see it as European agreement treaty stuff that is quite hard for governments to get out of. EIA mostly get ignored on size grounds but I have never found that there was a definitive size criteria. Its noticeable that lots of eia scooping options are undertaken for district authorities and an incredible number of screening exercises (basically ask the council if you need an eia) are undertaken but always leading to un required decisions which always makes me wonder why they went through the motion in the first place and to my mind there in lies the uncertaintys.
I feel that if there were any objectors that at some point they would call for an eia requirement and the bureaucrats in development control would agree and will find they have a part to justify their existence.
Does any body know what the smallest area that an eia has been produced for? Whats it for semi permanent grassland for example