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[[Category: Legislation | [[Category: Legislation & Policy]] | ||
[[Environmental Improvement Plans]] ([[EIPs]]) are rolling statutory plans setting out the requirements for improving the natural environment. The [[Environment Act 2021]] places a legal requirement on the Secretary of State for [[DEFRA]] to produce an [[EIP]] every 15 years. The current [[EIP]] is the [[25- Year Environment Plan]]<ref name="EIP">[https://www.wcl.org.uk/docs/Environment%20Bill%20Committee%20Environmental%20Improvement%20Plans%20-%20briefing%20from%20Greener%20UK%20and%20Link.pdf/ Greener UK Briefing Paper for Commons Committee]</ref>. | [[Environmental Improvement Plans]] ([[EIP|EIPs]]) are rolling statutory plans setting out the requirements for improving the natural environment. The [[Environment Act 2021]] places a legal requirement on the Secretary of State for [[DEFRA]] to produce an [[EIP]] every 15 years and is applicable to England only. The current [[EIP]] is the [[25- Year Environment Plan]]<ref name="EIP">[https://www.wcl.org.uk/docs/Environment%20Bill%20Committee%20Environmental%20Improvement%20Plans%20-%20briefing%20from%20Greener%20UK%20and%20Link.pdf/ Greener UK Briefing Paper for Commons Committee]</ref>. | ||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
The [[Environment Act 2021]] places a legal duty on the Secretary of State [[DEFRA]] to prepare a plan for significantly improving the natural environment (an [[Environmental Improvement Plans|Environmental Improvement Plan]] ([[EIP]])) and sets | The [[Environment Act 2021]] (regulation 8) places a legal duty on the Secretary of State [[DEFRA]] to prepare a plan for significantly improving the natural environment (an [[Environmental Improvement Plans|Environmental Improvement Plan]] ([[EIP]])) and sets requirements for what an [[EIP]] must contain<ref name="EIP" />. These plans are necessary to provide the comprehensive and long term vision that will guide legislation and policy to deliver better protection and enhancement to the environment. | ||
The [[Office for Environmental Protection]] ([[OEP]]) has a duty to monitor progress in improving the natural [[environment]], including reviewing annual progress reports for the current [[EIP]] - the [[25- Year Environment Plan]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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