Thursday 12th November – 7pm – 8.30pm
This webinar looks at Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) in relation to data centre planning applications. We will have an overview of how EIAs fit into the planning process, and what they mean. We will also look at how EIAs are prepared, and what you, as campaigners, should be looking for… and how to identify the gaps. And we will hear from the Larbert data centre campaign and their experience of dealing with an EIA.
More about the speakers
Ben Christman
Ben is a solicitor at Environmental Rights Centre Scotland (ERCS) and worked at a law centre specialising in housing and human rights law for several years. He wrote the 2018 report for Scottish Environment LINK on the feasibility of setting up the ERCS. He has published several articles on environmental law, including a number on access to environmental justice in Scotland. He is a trustee of Planning Democracy.
Michael Maciocia
Michael is a key member of the Larbert data centre campaign. Having spent his working life in the semiconductor industry in a variety of roles across Europe, Michael retired in 2021, and stumbled into opposition of datacentre in Larbert as part of a residents association, there being no Community Council in place.