5th January 2007, 09:13 PM
Yes onedesk
Article 9
of the combined DIRECTIVE 97/11/EC of 3 March 1997
amending DIRECTIVE 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985
â1. When a decision to grant or refuse development consent has been taken, the competent authority or authorities shall inform the public thereof in accordance with the appropriate procedures and shall make available to the public the following information:
- the content of the decision and any conditions attached thereto,
- the main reasons and considerations on which the decision is based,
- a description, where necessary, of the main measures to avoid, reduce
and, if possible, offset the major adverse effects.
This follows
Article 2
1. Member States shall adopt all measures necessary to ensure that, before CONSENT is given, projects likely to have significant effects on the environment by virtue, inter alia of their nature, size or location are made subject to a requirement for development consent and an assessment with regard to their effects.
Now in Article 1
âdevelopment consentâ means: the decision of the competent authority or
authorities which entitles the developer to proceed with the project.
But the CONSENT in Article 2 is not defined but I (this is an iffy bit) presume is different to âdevelopment consentâby virtue of the "before" bit !
Now this is one of the many things that I donât understand about EIAs, as said before (forget where probably got edited) âwhat is an eia? Could it be a procedure which requires an authoritative aceptance as in a "consents" or one combined eia with the development consent or are there two different consents and which âconsentâ first (if two are required).
Now it has been my experience that different authorities do things differently can they all be right? (yes probably)
Article 9
of the combined DIRECTIVE 97/11/EC of 3 March 1997
amending DIRECTIVE 85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985
â1. When a decision to grant or refuse development consent has been taken, the competent authority or authorities shall inform the public thereof in accordance with the appropriate procedures and shall make available to the public the following information:
- the content of the decision and any conditions attached thereto,
- the main reasons and considerations on which the decision is based,
- a description, where necessary, of the main measures to avoid, reduce
and, if possible, offset the major adverse effects.
This follows
Article 2
1. Member States shall adopt all measures necessary to ensure that, before CONSENT is given, projects likely to have significant effects on the environment by virtue, inter alia of their nature, size or location are made subject to a requirement for development consent and an assessment with regard to their effects.
Now in Article 1
âdevelopment consentâ means: the decision of the competent authority or
authorities which entitles the developer to proceed with the project.
But the CONSENT in Article 2 is not defined but I (this is an iffy bit) presume is different to âdevelopment consentâby virtue of the "before" bit !
Now this is one of the many things that I donât understand about EIAs, as said before (forget where probably got edited) âwhat is an eia? Could it be a procedure which requires an authoritative aceptance as in a "consents" or one combined eia with the development consent or are there two different consents and which âconsentâ first (if two are required).
Now it has been my experience that different authorities do things differently can they all be right? (yes probably)