Consultation on Levelling-Up & Regeneration Act (LURA)
In 2023, the Levelling-Up & Regeneration Act (LURA) proposed to reform Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) and Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs).
Responding to the consultation, several concerns were raised about how EORs would work in practice, including by the IES, which led to the transition to EORs being paused.
This response from the IES picks up on several issues around the future of EIA, as well as the other proposals in the Levelling-Up Act.
You can find out more about our position on EORs in our response to the EORs consultation, or by reading about the work of our EIA Community.
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Built environment policy: Find out more
Find out more
The Environmental Policy Forum is a coalition of professional bodies, including the IES, promoting environmental sustainability and resilience for the public benefit. It supports better policy decisions through joint letters and policy positions.
You can also find out more about policy for the built environment with more IES resources:
- Learn more about the latest policy developments with Essential Environment, including articles on why we are failing to adapt, and our horizon scanning briefing on land and nature policy.
- To take part in thought-provoking, critical conversations around EIA from a science-based perspective, join the EIA Community.
- Take a step towards developing your own policy skills through our training on ‘Understanding environmental policy’ and 'Influencing and Engaging with policy'.
- Support effective delivery of policy by joining our Environmental Policy Implementation Community.
If you want to support the work of the IES, you can become an affiliate, or if you’re a professional in the environmental sector working with science, consider joining the IES.
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