City of London Environmental Management Guidelines - December, 2021

The Natural Heritage policies of The London Plan provide direction for the identification and protection of natural heritage features and areas and the ecological functions, processes, and linkages that they provide over the long term The City of London has prepared these EMGs for the effective, consistent, and streamlined implementation of City policies and legislation related to the protection o. [...] The intent of the scoping meeting is to review, discuss and agree to the ESSC for the environmental study to the satisfaction of the City. [...] Any alternative where the impacts of the proposed works as identified in the EIS would result in the loss of the ecological features or functions of the component of the NHS affected by the proposed works, such that the natural heritage feature would no longer be determined to be significant, shall not be permitted. [...] The City may decide to: • Approve the EIS – the City may approve the EIS with no required revisions, or with minor revisions • Return the EIS for revisions – the City may return the EIS report for revisions based on the comments received from the TRT • Reject the EIS – the City may reject the EIS based on non-conformance with The London Plan policies, or based on the inadequacies of the EIS report. [...] Evaluation of the significance and ecological functions of the various NHS components through the planning process informs the protection of the NHS and may lead to the addition, removal or refinement of NHS features included on City of London mapping (see Map 5 in The London Plan).