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Development applications that may have significant environmental impacts are assessed under EU Environmental Impact Assessment Directive and/ or EU Habitat Directive, and corresponding UK regulations, according to what the likely impacts are.
Natural England's latest information about the Thames Basin Heaths SPA. The webpage also provides links to useful information for developers and other interested parties regarding Natural England's Delivery Plan approach.
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Consultation
Consulatation Draft Surrey Waste Plan
Relevance to Runnymede Borough Council ............................................................................
An appropriate assessment under the EU Habitats Directive will be conducted by the Council if it is possible that a proposed development is not directly connected with or necessary to site management of a European protected site for nature conservation, but is likely to have a significant effect either individually or in combination with other plans or projects.
The information submitted by developers should allow the Council to consider all possible impacts of the development on the site's conservation objectives.
Extract from the The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994. The Council are obligated under these Regulations to a review/ appeal process.
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''Assessment of implications for European site
48.(1) A competent authority, before deciding to undertake, or give any consent, permission or other authorisation for, a plan or project which-
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(a) is likely to have a significant effect on a European
site in Great Britain (either alone or in combination with other plans
or projects), and
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(b) is not directly connected with or necessary to the
management of the site,
(2) A person applying for any such consent, permission or other authorisation shall provide such information as the competent authority may reasonably require for the purposes of the assessment.''
Who to contact
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For further information about Runnymede Borough Council's Environmental Impact Assessment please email your query to:
Useful links - External
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Communities and Local Government
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Department for Trade and Industry
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