Sustainability appraisal incorporating strategic environmental assessment
Development Planning Practice Note 04
Document Status
Current
Supplement
Sustainability, Environment, Development & Planning
Series
Development Planning Practice Note
Abstract
Advises on the requirements for the preparation and adoption of a local development plan (LDP) in Northern Ireland. Discusses sustainability appraisal (SA) and strategic environmental assessment (SEA), highlighting: the legislative context; purpose of SA and SEA, SA and habitats regulations assessment; role of the consultation body in SA and SEA; key stages in the SA process; stage A(1): preparation of SA scoping report; stage A(2): SA interim report on preferred options paper (POP); stage B: appraisal of reasonable alternatives and any likely significant effects of the draft plan against SA objectives; stage C: preparation of the SA report; stage D: consulting on the SA report; stage E: information as to adoption of plan and preparation of SA statement; and stage F: monitoring the implementation of the LDP.
History
Version 1, April 2015.
Subjects
- Planning control
- Planning control, Northern Ireland
- Strategic planning
- Planning and development
- Development plans
- Environmental planning/land
- Environmental impact assessment
Publisher History
The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (DOENI) is now known as the Department for Communities (DfC). The Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland's role was to promote sustainable development principles, responsible land use, air and water quality, and waste management, the reduction of road traffic casualties and ensure effective local government.
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