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Strategic environmental assessment and sustainability appraisal
Publication Year
2020
Document Status
Current
Abstract
Comprises planning practice guidance focusing on the necessity for sustainability appraisal and strategic environmental assessment (SEA) relating to plan development. Covers: SEA and sustainability appraisal; sustainability appraisal requirements for local plans and spatial development strategies; and SEA requirements for neighbourhood plans.
Document History
Last updated: 31 December 2020 - Amended paragraphs 46-47 to reflect the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes (Amendment) Regulations 2020 coming into force on 31 December 2020. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/strategic-environmental-assessment-and-sustainability-appraisal and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 9 February 2015.
Publisher Information
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Now known as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG). The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) was a UK Government department with responsibility for communities throughout the UK, with local investment supporting growth, creating jobs, delivering housing, overseeing local government, planning and building safety. They were previously known as the MHCLG, the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and the Department for Transport and Local Government.
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