Nationally significant infrastructure projects: advice on EIA notification and consultation

Publication Year

2026

Document Status

Current

Abstract

Provides advice on Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) notification and consultation for Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIPs), specifically the notification and consultation of prescribed bodies on the scope of Environmental Statements. Covers: advice context; who should be consulted; notification and consultation of the prescribed consultation bodies by the Planning Inspectorate; the Infrastructure Planning (Applications: Prescribed Forms and Procedures) (APFP) Regulation amendments and identifying the correct consultation bodies for your project.

Document History

Last updated: 14 July 2026 - Updated preamble to remove reference to publication of advice page(s) under s51 of the Planning Act 2008. Supersedes: Advice note 3: Nationally significant infrastructure projects - advice note three: EIA notification and consultation. Version 7 (PINS, 2017). Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/nationally-significant-infrastructure-projects-advice-on-eia-notification-and-consultation and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 20 September 2024.

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