Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) requests

The EIR gives you the right to ask us for information we hold that is about the environment  

This information is in 6 main areas (summarised): 

• the state of the elements of the environment such as:
       
  • air
      
  • atmosphere
     
  • water
     
  • soil
     
  • land
     
  • landscape
      
  • natural sites
     
• factors such as:
     
  • substances
     
  • noise
     
  • energy
     
  • radiation
     
  • waste including emissions
     
  • discharges
     
  • releases into the environment
      
• measures and activities such as:
     
  • policies
     
  • plans
     
  • legislation
     
  • environmental agreements, affecting or protecting the environment
     
• reports on how we implement environmental legislation
   
• cost-benefit and economic analysis and assumptions used in decisions on the environment
   
• the state of human health and safety, including:
     
  • the food chain
     
  • conditions of human life
     
  • cultural sites
     
  • built structures