Strategic environmental assessment tool kit

Abstract

The Scottish Executive SEA Tool Kit provides comprehensive coverage and supports the commitment made by the Scottish Ministers to provide guidance on the Act. The Tool Kit is designed to be comprehensive, but can only be considered as guidance and is not a substitute for the Act. Responsible Authorities who are in any doubt about compliance should refer to the Act or seek their own legal advice. Specific guidance lias been developed for certain types of plans, programmes and strategies (PPS), to date land use1 and spatial planning and transport planning2. Users should refer primarily to the relevant specific guidance when preparing those PPS.