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Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

View an EIA

Last updated
28 Aug 2024

To view an EIA, you should contact the decision maker, known as the 'competent authority'.

EIA Regimes and competent authorities

In Scotland there are 9 EIA regimes. Each regime has its own competent authority as shown in the table below. Competent authorities may be a Scottish Government Department or Agency, local council or a mixture of more than one.

EIA Regimes and competent authorities
EIA regime  Competent authority
Agriculture (including Land Drainage and Irrigation Projects) Scottish Ministers (Rural Payments and Services)
Energy Scottish Ministers (Energy Consents Division)
Flood Management Local council
Forestry Scottish Ministers (Forestry Commission Scotland)
Marine Licensing Scottish Ministers (Marine Scotland)
Planning Planning Authority
Ports and Harbours Scottish Ministers (Transport Scotland)
Transport and Works Projects Scottish Ministers (Transport Scotland)
Trunk Roads Scottish Ministers (Transport Scotland)

Check a type of Environmental Impact Assessment

Check EIAs on the following subject areas:

Planning EIAs

All planning related EIAs are held by your local planning authority.

Search for planning related EIAs in your area on the tellmescotland website.

Visit the planning authority for Cairngorms National Park.

Visit the planning authority for Loch Lomond & the Trossachs National Park.

Flood Management EIAs:

All flood management related EIAs are held by your local authority.

Aberdeen City Council Aberdeenshire Council Angus Council Argyll and Bute Council Clackmannanshire Council Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles) Council Dumfries and Galloway Council Dundee City Council East Ayrshire Council East Dunbartonshire Council East Lothian Council East Renfrewshire Council Edinburgh Council Falkirk Council Fife Council Glasgow City Council The Highland Council Inverclyde Council Midlothian Council Moray Council North Ayrshire Council North Lanarkshire Council Orkney Islands Council Perth & Kinross Council Renfrewshire Council Scottish Borders Council Shetland Islands Council South Ayrshire Council South Lanarkshire Council Stirling Council West Dunbartonshire Council West Lothian Council
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