BRITAIN FACES LEGAL ACTION OVER FLOUTING EU ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS
October 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission is threatening legal action against the British government for allegedly failing to comply with a 2006 European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling that it tighten national rules demanding environmental impact assessments of urban development projects. Under British law, impact assessments are only required at the early stages of such schemes, where the broad principles are laid out, but not when landscaping, design and site access details are decided. The court ruled that in "multi-stage development assent procedures all ...
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