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APpendix D Strategic Environmental Assessment: Environmental Report Contents 1. Non-technical summary 1. Non-Technical Summary 2. Introduction 2.1 Background 2.2 Content and Purpose of the Plan 2.3 The SEA Process 3. Context 3.1 Other Plans, Programmes and Strategies 3.2 Environmental Baseline 3.3 Environmental Issues 4. Assessment Approach and Methods 4.1 Scope and Level of Detail of the Environmental Assessment 4.2 Scoping the Parts of the Consultation Document to be included in the assessment 4.3 Evolution of the environment in the absence of the Plan 4.4 How was the Consultation Document assessed? 4.5 Alternatives considered during the preparation of the Plan 5. Assessment Findings 5.1 Summary Table 5 – Overarching Objectives Table 6 – Strategic Actions Table 7 – Sustainability Checklist 5.2 Cumulative, secondary and synergistic effects 6. Mitigation and Monitoring 7. Appropriate Assessment 8. Next Steps Annex A – Assessment matrices Annex B – Other relevant plans, programmes & environmental objectives Annex C – Environmental Baseline 1.1 Introduction In July 2008 the Antonine Wall achieved international recognition by being inscribed as part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire World Heritage Site. World Heritage Sites are places of outstanding universal significance. The first Management Plan for the Antonine Wall covered the five-year period from nomination (2007-12). We are now consulting on draft five-year Management Plan for 2013-18 which draws on the work that has already been delivered and builds on the aspirations of the partners and other stakeholders. It summarises the actions delivered from the 2007-12 Management Plan, outlines a long-term strategy for the site, identifies key issues for the forthcoming Management Plan, and proposes aims and objectives to tackle these over the next five-year period. Plans, programmes and strategies with the potential to have significant environmental effects are to be subject to environmental assessment prior to adoption. This is called ‘strategic environmental assessment’ – or ‘SEA’. Historic Scotland considered that the Antonine Wall World Heritage Site Management Plan 2013-18 has the potential to result in significant environmental effects and so have undertaken an assessment. This report documents the assessment process and our findings. 1.2 What is Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)? SEA is a systematic method for considering the likely environmental effects of certain plans, programmes and strategies. SEA aims to: • integrate environmental factors into plan preparation and decision-making • improve strategies and enhance environmental protection • increase public participation in decision-making • facilitate openness and transparency 44
SEA is required by the Environmental Assessment (Scotland) Act 2005. The key stages involve: Stage Screening Scoping Assessment, mitigation & enhancement Environmental Report Adoption & monitoring Activity Determining whether the Plan is likely to have significant environmental effects and whether an SEA is required. Deciding on the scope and level of detail for the assessment and the consultation period. This is done in liaison with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA). Testing the contents of the Plan as it is developed, identifying mitigation measures and looking at ways to enhance positive effects. Publishing an Environmental Report on the findings of the assessment and consulting on that report and the Plan. Providing information on the adopted Plan, how consultation comments have been taken into account and methods for monitoring the significant environmental effects arising from its implementation. The assessment process is structured around SEA topic areas. These topic areas are the range of environmental issues which should be explored through the assessment. They include biodiversity, flora and fauna, population and human health, water, soil, air, climate, material assets, cultural heritage and landscape. This Environmental Report: • describes the context of the Management Plan • describes the relevant aspects of the environmental baseline • explains how the environmental assessment was carried out and which parts of the plan were assessed • sets out the findings of the environmental assessment • makes recommendations for improving the positive effects and mitigating the negative effects of the plan • proposes indicators for monitoring significant or unknown effects SEPA and SNH were consulted on the approach taken to the environmental assessment. The environmental report shows how their views have been taken into account. 1.3 Context One of the early stages of the SEA process is to consider the relationship of the Plan to other relevant policies, plans, strategies (PPS) and environmental objectives. This allows key environmental protection objectives to be identified for consideration during its preparation. It is also important to identify both the plans and strategies that will influence the Plan and those that will be influenced by it. An understanding of the context and the hierarchy that the Management Plan sits within is also useful for giving early thought to mitigation measures and where they may be best implemented. Annex A sets out in more detail the PPS which have relevance to the Management Plan. We also considered, in consultation with SNH & SEPA, the scope of our assessment. We decided to focus upon six topics – biodiversity, flora and fauna, material assets, cultural heritage and landscape and geodiversity. Section 4 sets out our reasoning for this. In order to help consider the effects of the Plan we gathered information for each of the five Local Authorities that contain a section of the Wall. Section 3 and Annex B of the Environmental Report summarise the environmental baseline. 45
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