Restructuring of the Environmental Impact Process (EIA) after Brexit for Incompleteness

Robert C Kempton

Abstract

The inherited ‘EIA’ process at Brexit is based on a ‘Project’ period from Inception to the start of construction works. The ‘Incompleteness’ of the process covers and identifies stages that will impact on the environmental cycle: construction period, operational life, de-commissioning and a return to acceptable environmental footprint. A master environment structure-plan framework is required to commence with the upgrading of the complete ‘EIA’ process, embracing separate limbs for the UK’s priority environmental targets for climate change, and other major adverse effects which result in serious ‘harm’ to the UK environment. The identification of the process for ‘incompleteness’ requires effective sustainability, and inclusion of effective management tools, for the essential ‘monitoring/control/recording’ procedures throughout the project life and the natural environmental cycle. This will allow the opportunity for a new approach to a structured ‘Suite of EIAR Directives’, to enable a ‘EIAR’ regime that ‘will remain fit and proper for UK purpose’.

Keywords

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), sustainability, climate change targets, environmental monitoring, project lifecycle, regulatory framework, UK environmental policy

Corresponding Author

Robert C Kempton, The Institution of Civil Engineers, Great George Street, London, UK.

Citation

Kempton, R. C. (2025). Restructuring of the Environmental Impact Process (EIA) after Brexit for Incompleteness. Jor Environ Dyn Geo-Sci, 1(1), 01-39.