Strategic Environmental Assessment Scoping Report: As part of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the developing strategy, we have produced a SEA Scoping Report which is a record of the baseline data available and confirms the approach for the forthcoming SEA Environmental Report.

A Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report will be produced to document the environmental appraisal of the strategy and reasonable alternative considered in its development. The SEA Environmental Report will accompany the publication of the draft strategy and will be advertised on its completion, estimated to be in early 2010.

Although not statutorily required we are following the approach set out in the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations (SI 2004/1633) and European Community Directive on "the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment" (2001/42/EC).

If you have any comments then please contact the team link in "Contact Us" page. Reports are available through the links below. To download right click on the link and choose 'save target as'. Due to the large file size of the appendices, these are split up into a number of parts.

Scoping Consultation Document (1.8 MB)

Appendix A
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