Environmental Outcome Reports (EORs): risks and opportunities around a new approach to environmental assessment

Delivering transformative infrastructure is critical to short-term recovery and long-term growth across the United Kingdom. Effective planning ensures we get the decisions about development right and deliver meaningful outcomes for the economy, environment and communities.  

Due to heightened environmental awareness, public interest in sustainable development, and stringent environmental protection laws and regulations, projects often require environmental approvals prior to being launched.

Environmental impact assessments (EIA) identify the key environmental and social effects of infrastructure and development, and detail ways that these effects can be avoided, prevented, reduced, offset and where environmental and social enhancement can be attained.