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| Title: | Offshore Energy SEA Environmental Report |
| Issued: | 10 February 2009 |
| Deadline: | 21 April 2009 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | The draft plan that is undergoing SEA considers issues related to further rounds of licensing for offshore wind energy, offshore oil and gas, and gas storage facilities in offshore depleted gas and oil fields |
| Title: | Strategic Transport Projects Review: Strategic Environmental Assessment: Environmental Report |
| Organisation: | Scottish Government |
| Issued: | 19 January 2009 |
| Deadline: | 13 February 2009 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | The Scottish Government has undertaken a Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Strategic Transport Projects Review (STPR), the findings of which are presented in an environmental report. The Scottish government welcome comments on the environmental report. |
| Title: | National Planning Framework for Scotland 2 SEA: Supplementary Assessment of the Environmental Effects of Candidate National Developments Environmental Report Annex 2 - Consultation Paper |
| Organisation: | Scottish Government |
| Issued: | 24 September 2008 |
| Deadline: | 31 October 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | In accordance with the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005, a Strategic Environmental Assessment ( SEA) of the National Planning Framework is currently being undertaken. An Environmental Report was produced in January 2008, which described the anticipated environmental effects of the Discussion Draft Document. However, since the Discussion Draft was produced, a number of new ideas and proposals have come forward that have not so far been subjected to the full SEA process of assessment... (49 words more) |
| Title: | Towards a Nuclear National Policy Statement: Consultation on the Strategic Siting Assessment Process and Siting Criteria for New Nuclear Power Stations in the UK |
| Organisation: | BERR |
| Issued: | 21 August 2008 |
| Deadline: | 11 November 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | In the White Paper on Nuclear Power, published in January 2008, the Government confirmed that it would carry out a Strategic Siting Assessment to identify criteria that will be used to assess the suitability, at a strategic level, of appropriate sites nominated for new nuclear power stations. The Government has issued a consultation document on the Strategic Siting Process and Criteria. Alongside this, it is publishing and seeking views on a study (including appendices) of the environmental... (51 words more) |
| Title: | Consultation on SEA draft practical guidance |
| Organisation: | SNIFFER |
| Issued: | 29 July 2008 |
| Deadline: | 11 August 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | As part of the Environmental Regulation Programme, the Scotland & Northern Ireland Forum for Environmental Research (SNIFFER) has commissioned research aimed at providing guidance on how to take account of air, water and soil for Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA). SEA is now a legal requirement during the preparation of certain types of plans, programmes and strategies. SEA requires plan makers to consider what effects their plan will have upon a wide range of environmental... (75 words more) |
| Title: | Scottish Planning Policy SPP 23: Planning and the Historic Environment: Consultative Draft |
| Author: | The Scottish Government |
| Issued: | 20 February 2008 |
| Deadline: | 09 May 2008 CLOSED |
| Synopsis: | The Scottish Government are inviting written responses to this consultation paper by 9 May 2008. Consultees are encouraged to make their response to the SPP in light of the findings of the SEA, as set out in the Environmental Report, which is provided with the consultation paper on their website at the following web-address: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2008/02/13134354/0 |
SEA Forum 2006
by Lee Greenhill; Claire Pettit;
by Lee Greenhill; Claire Pettit;
Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Forum Report 2006.
2006 SEA Report.pdf
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Handbook on SEA for Cohesion Policy 2007-2013
by Members of the Greening Regional Development Programmes;
by Members of the Greening Regional Development Programmes;
The Handbook provides information and guidance on how to comply with the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Directive in developing the new UK Structural Fund Programmes. It can also be used for... (237 words more)
A Practical Guide to the Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive
by Department of the Environment (DOE);
by Department of the Environment (DOE);
This Practical Guide provides information and guidance on how to comply with the European Directive 2001/42/EC “on the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the... (211 words more)
Environmental Guide: A Guide to Environmental Screening
by Department for International Development (DFID);
by Department for International Development (DFID);
This is a revised and updated version of DFID’s Environmental Guide. It provides advice on planning and managing the environmental appraisal of DFID interventions. The guide aims to provide all DFID... (197 words more)
What is Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)?
by Karl Fuller - Director of CEAM; The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment;
by Karl Fuller - Director of CEAM; The Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment;
Strategic Environmental Assessment is a tool used to consider the potential impact of proposed plans, policies and programmes on the environment. By taking into account the environmental issues, as... (601 words more)
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