EIA (Agriculture) Regulations: Updated Guidance

The Government has updated the guidance to the EIA (Agriculture) Regulations.

The update relates to the section that details when a screening decision - approving or preventing an action - is required from Natural England ahead of an intensification of agricultural use. Previously, item seven in the given list of proposed activities that required a screening decision stated:

• 'increasing stock density that will result in improved vegetation from grazing'

The edited guidance now reads:

• 'increasing stock density, and making changes to stock type and grazing regime periods (including the introduction of supplementary feeding) that will result in the land being used more intensively for agriculture.'

Updates to online guidance are noted at the bottom of the relevant webpage. More detail on how review or receive notification of updates can be found in our news item of 3rd February.