An application for Additional Environmental Approval should not require any additional Habitats Regulations Assessment as the local planning authority is only considering whether Environmental Impact Assessment or Habitats Regulation Assessment are required and, if so, whether the original assessments are still relevant and up to date. If additional assessment is required, then this is an indication that the previous assessment does not remain up to date, with the result that the local planning authority should refuse Additional Environmental Approval and a new planning application will be required. Where an applicant anticipates that the development to which the Additional Environmental Approval relates would be likely to have a significant effect on a Habitats Site (either alone or in combination with other plans or projects) and is not directly connected with or necessary to the management of that site, the application should be accompanied by sufficient information to demonstrate that the previous appropriate assessment remains up to date. As part of this process, applicants and local planning authorities may need to consider the implications of recent legal judgements, including People over Wind. Applicants can obtain advice on this from Natural England (see below).