Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is the study of how people, wildlife and the environment may be affected by a proposed development.
Through conducting an EIA any potential adverse impacts or risks identified can be avoided, reduced or remedied by alteration to the design or by the introduction of specific safeguards.
The EIA also considers the cumulative impacts of the proposals as well as the potential effects of separate elements of the scheme.
The impacts that will be considered will be agreed through the scoping process with Peterborough City Council. These are likely to include potential impacts associated with;
- Ecology and biodiversity
- Landscape and visibility,
- Cultural heritage
- Water resources
- Flood risk assessment
- Noise
- Amenity and dust
- Climate change
The Environmental Statement will provide a full version of the Environmental Impact Assessment which will be included as part of the planning application. A Non-Technical Summary that describes these assessments in a shorter form will also be included with the planning application. All these documents will be made available on this consultation website for review. You will have the opportunity to comment further on the proposals once these documents are prepared if you wish.
