Court ruling prompts overhaul of environmental assessment rules

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Significant changes to UK legislation implementing the 1985 EU Directive on environmental assessment will be needed after a recent European Court of Justice ruling. The court agreed with the European Commission that the UK regulations, which require assessments only at outline planning permission stage, failed to reflect the Directive’s obligations.

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