Sustainability Appraisal (SA) for Village Design Statements (VDS) - Public forum - Planning Advisory Service (PAS)

See article 3 para 3 of the directive http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32001L0042:EN:NOT 'Plans and programmes ...which determine the use of small areas at local level and minor modifications to plans and programmes ...shall require an environmental assessment only where the Member States determine that they are likely to have significant environmental effects.' A half page screening report saying no significant effects should do