The Department for Transport (DfT) is consulting on proposals to implement the revised EIA Directive (2014/52/EU) as it applies to the Transport and Works Act 1992, the Highways Act 1980 and the Harbours Act 1964.
The DfT said, as far as is practicable, its plans retain the existing approaches to environmental impact assessment in England and in Wales because they are well understood by developers, local planning authorities and others involved in EIA processes.
It said the intention was to set out the changes to each of these regimes in separate schedules to a single statutory instrument.
The consultation closes on 2 March 2017.