No Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

An EIA should be written prior to the implementation of a new road scheme. This is a regluation set down by the Highway (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2006 and part of the European Communuties Act 1972. Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is an important procedure for ensuring that the likely effects of new development on the environment are fully understood and taken into account before the development is allowed to go ahead. Although we have asked DCC for this they have failed to provide it and have requested five days to produce it. This would demonstrate that an EIA has not been undertaken and it is now being written retrospectively. This was not present at the consultation.