Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

If you would like to request a Screening Opinion for your project please:

• Complete the relevant application form at the bottom of this page
• Email application form and relevant information to environment@eastlothian.gov.uk

If you would like to request a Scoping Opinion for your project please:

• Email environment@eastlothian.gov.uk  quoting your screening application reference number, if applicable, and attach all relevant information.  Providing an indication of the proposed methodology is particularly useful.

Please note that when you submit a request for a screening or scoping opinion, the information will appear alongside the planning register on this website. Online, personal information including signatures will be redacted.

Before submitting a request for a Screening or Scoping Opinion, please view the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017  for information on the submission requirements. 

Requests for screening directions

If a developer or a third party disagrees with the planning authority's screening opinion, a request can be made to Scottish Ministers for a ‘screening direction’, which will override the council's screening opinion. A developer may also ask for a screening direction where the planning authority has not issued a screening opinion within 3 weeks.

If you would like to request a screening direction, please contact Scottish Ministers:

The Planning Decisions Manager, The Scottish Government, Directorate for the Built Environment, Planning Decisions South, Area 2-H, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ