1. Impact mitigation in environmental impact assessment: paper promises or the basis of consent conditions.
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Tinker, Lauren, Cobb, Dick, Bond, Alan, and Cashmore, Mat
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ENVIRONMENTAL impact analysis , *ENVIRONMENTAL protection , *ENVIRONMENTAL management , *ENVIRONMENTAL monitoring , *ENVIRONMENTAL policy - Abstract
This study analysed 40 planning applications in the East of England to investigate the practice of translating paper recommendations in the environmental statement (ES) into legal conditions and obligations. A high proportion (50%) of suggested mitigation measures were not translated into planning conditions or obligations. However, a significant number of additional conditions or obligations, not directly based on the ES, were imposed on developers. The research suggests a mismatch between the practice of those producing ESs and the expectations of planning authorities, leading to inefficiency and, possibly, emasculation of environmental impact assessment through a failure to implement mitigation. Several recommendations are made to increase the effectiveness of the implementation and integration of mitigation measures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
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