The Environmental Assessment (Afforestation) Regulations 1988

2.  The specified information is—

(a)a description of the afforestation project proposed, comprising information about the site of the project and the design and the extent of the planting proposed;

(b)the data necessary to identify and assess the main effects which the project is likely to have on the environment;

(c)a description of the likely significant effects of the project, direct and indirect, on the environment, explained by reference to its possible impact on—

  • human beings;

  • flora;

  • fauna;

  • soil;

  • water;

  • air;

  • climate;

  • the landscape;

  • the interaction between any of the foregoing;

  • material assets (including the architectural and archaeological heritage);

  • the cultural heritage;

(d)where significant adverse effects are identified with respect to any of the foregoing, a description of the measures envisaged in order to avoid, reduce or remedy those effects; and

(e)a summary in non-technical language of the information specified above.