• The critical path to deliver a waste infrastructure project on a specific site must be identified to ensure adequate time is given to requisite integral tasks, taking into account that most waste infrastructure development will need both a planning permission and a pollution control permit. In most cases of applications for large waste infrastructure projects, the proposal will be subject to an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). The types of development which fall within the scope of EIA are listed in Schedules 1 & 2 to the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999. The EIA will require the collection of appropriate baseline data, and corresponding surveys over appropriate periods extending up to twelve months to monitor water levels, air quality, and/or flora and fauna, for example, are not uncommon. Longer periods may be required in certain circumstances such as for proposals in particularly sensitive locations. Time must be built into the programme to allow for the collection of such data. There can be benefits in the parallel submissions of planning and pollution control permit applications to help secure a co-ordinated approach to matters such as baseline data for both planning and permitting (see below).