A series of changes were introduced in 2017 to the EIA regulations. As practice develops more key points of change emerge.
ABPmer, Natalie Frost ‘On 16 May 2017, the new amended Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Directive (2014/52/EU) was implemented into UK law. With these new regulations came a range of useful reviews about the changes that they would bring about (1, 2, 3). One year on, we take a quick look at five key changes, and discuss how they may be altering the way EIA is undertaken in a marine consultancy.