BRITAIN – ECJ
July 1st, 2004
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission is resorting to legal action to push the British government into prioritising a law guaranteeing environmental impact assessments on development projects on publicly owned Crown Land. These are generally excluded from UK planning legislation and so not subject to regulations implementing the European Union (EU) environmental impact assessment directive. Although the Government has told the Commission that administrative procedures are in place ensuring such inquiries are held, Brussels wants these enshrined in law. Britain ...
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