{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-and-works-applications-and-objections-procedure-england-and-wales-rules-2006/article-7A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-and-works-applications-and-objections-procedure-england-and-wales-rules-2006/article-7A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1466",
  "legislation_title": "The Transport and Works (Applications and Objections Procedure) (England and Wales) Rules 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-and-works-applications-and-objections-procedure-england-and-wales-rules-2006",
  "path": "article/7A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7A",
  "heading": "Environmental impact assessment",
  "text": "(1) The environmental impact assessment is a process consisting of—\n(a) the preparation of an environmental statement by the applicant;\n(b) the carrying out of consultation, publication and notification as required by rules 13 and 14 and, where relevant, rule 16; and\n(c) the steps that are required to be undertaken by the Secretary of State under section 13B.\n(2) The environmental impact assessment must identify, describe and assess in an appropriate manner, in light of each individual case, the direct and indirect significant effects of the proposed works on the following factors—\n(a) population and human health;\n(b) biodiversity, with particular attention to species and habitats protected under any law of any part of the United Kingdom which implemented Directive 92/43/EEC and Directive 2009/147/EC;\n(c) land, soil, water, air and climate;\n(d) material assets, cultural heritage and the landscape; and\n(e) the interaction between the factors referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d).\n(3) The significant effects to be identified, described and assessed under paragraph (2) shall include—\n(a) the operational effects of the proposed works, where those works will have operational effects; and\n(b) the expected significant effects arising from the vulnerability of the proposed works to major accidents or disasters that are relevant to those works.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Rule 7A inserted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 5 (with Sch. 6 para. 9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in rule 7A(2)(b) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Merchant Shipping and Other Transport (Environmental Protection) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/311), regs. 1(3), 5(4); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1466/article/7A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:27:56.608611+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}