Table of Contents

Part I: Understanding the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Directive 1. The History and Context of the SEA Directive Robert McCracken QC and Ned Westaway 2. The Transposition of the SEA Directive Gregory Jones QC 3. Plans and Programmes Under the SEA Directive Valerie Fogleman 4. The Meaning of 'Required by Legislative, Regulatory or Administrative Provisions' Simon Ricketts and Juliet Munn 5. The Meaning of 'Early and Effective Opportunity' for Consultation Stephen Ashworth and Rachael Herbert 6. The Role of Alternatives in the SEA Directive David Elvin QC 7. From SA to SEA: Sustainability Appraisals and Strategic Environmental Assessment Jack Connah and Stephanie Hall Part II: Examining the Purpose and Impact of the SEA Directive 8. Blazing Upstream? Strategic Environmental Assessment as 'Hot' Law Elizabeth Fisher 9. 'Streamlining' the SEA Process William R Sheate 10. SEA and the Control of Government Environmental Policy Eloise Scotford Part III: SEA Beyond Town and Country Planning 11. SEA of Non-Town and Country Planning Plans or Programmes Gregory Jones QC and David Graham 12. The Strategic Environmental Assessment and Water Framework Directives William Howarth 13. Uncharted Waters: SEA in the UK Offshore Area Richard Caddell Part IV: The SEA Experience in Neighbouring Jurisdictions 14. Strategic Environmental Assessment in a Cold Climate: The Scottish Experience Colin Reid and Denis Edwards 15. Any Seaport in a Storm: The Northern Ireland SEA Experience 3 William Orbinson QC 16. Strategic Environmental Assessment: The Irish Experience Aine Ryall 17. Afterword: Aarhus and HS2 Richard Macrory and Gregory Jones QC

About the Author

Gregory Jones QC is a barrister practising at Francis Taylor Building, Temple, London. He is called to the bars of England & Wales, Northern Ireland and Ireland. Since working as a stagiaire at the European Commission and as Jean Pierre Warner Scholar at the European Court of Justice, Gregory has established himself as a leading practitioner in the fields of planning and environmental law with a particular expertise in the impact of EU environmental law. Appointed by the Irish government, Gregory chaired the independent review of An Bord Pleanala. Eloise Scotford is a Senior Lecturer in Law at The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London. She actively researches in the areas of climate change law and governance, waste regulation, air quality control, comparative environmental law and the intersection between environmental problems and broader legal frameworks. She is an Associate Member of Landmark Chambers, a visiting lecturer in environmental law at Bocconi University in Milan, a member of the Avosetta Group of EU environmental law experts, and Analysis Editor of the Journal of Environmental Law.