Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) is the statutory process of appraising the potential environmental impacts of plans and programmes.

UE Associates has a wide range of experience and can prepare all aspects of the SEA process. This includes environmental baselines, scoping reports, assessment of alternatives, consultation events and writing environmental reports.

SEA applies to different sectors. UE Associates have worked closely with the following sectors:

  • Land Use Planning: Development Plan Documents;
  • Transport: Local Transport Plans;
  • Economy: Regional Economic Strategies;
  • Landscape: Protected Landscape Plans;
  • Communities: Sustainable Community Strategies