The Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (Scotland) Regulations 1999

4.  A description of the likely significant effects of the proposed projects on the environment, which should cover the direct effects and any indirect, secondary, cumulative, short, medium and long-term, permanent and temporary, positive and negative effects of the project, resulting from–

(a)the existence of the project;

(b)the use of natural resources;

(c)the emission of pollutants, the creation of nuisances, and the elimination of waste, and the description by the applicant of the forecasting methods used to assess the effects on the environment.