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Does ‘never volunteer for anything’ apply to environmental statements?

Does ‘never volunteer for anything’ apply to environmental statements?

Published on: 04 April 2016

Published by: LexisPSL

Does ‘never volunteer for anything’ apply to environmental statements?
Fruitful grounds of legal challenge
Sometimes definitely required
Sometimes potentially required
Not intended to be all-encompassing
Thinking about volunteering
Secretary of State directions
What would a direction mean for your proposals?
A risk-based approach

Article summary

Environment analysis: Sheridan Treger, senior associate in the planning and environment team at Berwin Leighton Paisner, considers circumstances where developers might increase their project’s certainties of cost, timescale and outcome by voluntarily submitting an environmental statement, even where the EIA Regulations do not require it. Sign in or take a trial to read the full analysis.

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