Historic Environment Scotland is consulted on all qualifying Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) projects in Scotland.
This includes some project types not typically considered ‘development’, e.g. forestry.
Our role is to provide advice and comments on impacts on:
- scheduled monuments and their setting
- category A listed buildings and their setting
- Inventory gardens and designed landscapes
- Inventory battlefields
- World Heritage Sites
- Historic Marine Protected Areas
At the decision maker’s request, we will comment on:
- screening where a specific issue has been identified
- scoping
Our advice on the historic environment is one of a range of factors that the decision maker will take into account to reach a view on the application.
The planning authority historic environment service will also comment on historic environment matters.
Find out more about pre-application engagement on proposed developments.