Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution

The full report Environmental Planning, may be viewed, printed or download from the listing below. Each section is a PDF file, for use with Adobe Acrobat Reader. The number of pages and approximate file sizes are given in brackets after each item.

Front cover (2pp,122Kb)
Title pages (4pp, 20Kb)
Contents list (6pp, 17Kb)
Key messages of our report (8pp, 28Kb)

Part I: The need for change

Chapter 1 - The case for environmental planning (5pp, 19Kb)
Chapter 2 - The present system (17pp, 54Kb)
Chapter 3 - The new context (11pp, 38Kb)
Chapter 4 - An incoherent system (10pp, 35Kb)

Part II: Prerequisites for effective planning

Chapter 5 - Strengthening public confidence (16pp, 56Kb)
Chapter 6 - Access to environmental information (10pp, 36Kb)
Chapter 7 - Environmental assessment (14pp, 46Kb)

Part III: The way forward

Chapter 8 - Providing the right framework (18pp, 59Kb)
Chapter 9 - Safeguarding town, country and coast (23pp, 72Kb)
Chapter 10 - Integrated spatial strategies (22pp, 68Kb)
Recommendations (8pp, 25Kb)
References (21pp, 70Kb)

Appendices

A: Announcement of the study and invitation to submit evidence (8pp, 25Kb)
B: Conduct of the study (6pp, 19Kb)
C: Joining up environmental planning - a Royal Commission seminar (2pp, 11Kb)
D: Greening sustainable development strategies. Proposals by the European Environmental Advisory Councils for the EU Sustainable Development Strategy (3pp, 14Kb)
E: Examples of aims and objectives in structure plans (3pp, 12Kb)
F: Planning for London (2pp, 13Kb)
G: Spatial planning in Northern Ireland (3pp, 15Kb)
H: Members of the Royal Commission (4pp, 14Kb)
Index (7pp, 20Kb)
Back cover (1p, 112Kb)
Erratum to References (3p, 32Kb)

Summary Report

Summary document (28pp, 739Kb)

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