The strategic environmental assessment directive : a plan for success? / edited by Gregory Jones and Eloise Scotford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jones, Gregory, editor.

Scotford, Eloise, 1978- editor.

Series:

Modern studies in European law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental impact analysis--Law and legislation--European Union countries.

Environmental impact analysis.

Environmental impact analysis--Law and legislation--Great Britain.

Environmental law--European Union countries.

Environmental law.

Environmental law--Great Britain.

Environmental policy--European Union countries.

Environmental policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (447 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford [UK] ; Portland, Oregon : Hart Publishing, 2017.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

The Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive (Directive 2001/42/EC) (SEA Directive) has been a lurking legal presence in EU and UK environmental law. Now, just over a decade since its implementation, the impacts of the SEA Directive are beginning to be felt throughout the UK, and more broadly throughout the European Union as a whole. These developments have been driven both by the expansive interpretation of the Directive's scope by the Court of Justice of the European Union and by a slow learning process about how this new type of regulation should be legally interpreted and applied. This edited collection is the first volume to reflect comprehensively on the emerging legal identity of SEA in the EU and UK. With contributions addressing the impact of the SEA Directive on the fields of town and country planning and European environmental law, the book is a comprehensive analysis of all aspects of the Directive, from its history and scope, to its impact on governmental policy and its implications in practice. The volume both reflects on key cases such as Case C-567/10 Inter-Environnement Bruxelles and HS2, and looks forward, as it considers and projects future legal implications of the SEA Directive. Written by a blend of distinguished academics and leading practitioners, it provides an in-depth critique and rounded appreciation of both the immediate practical effects of SEA and its wider impact on European and UK environmental law

Contents:

The history and context of the SEA directive

Robert McCracken QC and Ned Westaway

The transposition of the SEA directive

Gregory Jones QC

Plans and programmes under the SEA directive

Valerie Fogleman

The meaning of "required by legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions?"

Simon Ricketts and Juliet Munn

The meaning of "Early and effective opportunity" for consultation

Stephen Ashworth and Rachael Herbert

The role of alternatives in the SEA directive

David Elvin QC

From SA to SEA : sustainability appraisals and strategic environmental assessment

Jack Connah and Stephanie Hall

Examining the purpose and impact of the SEA directive : Blazing upstream? strategic environmental assessment as hot law

Elizabeth Fisher

Streamlining the SEA process

William R Sheate

SEA and the control of government environmental policy

Eloise Scotford

SEA of non-town and country planning plans or programmes

Gregory Jones QC and David Graham

Strategic environmental assessment and water framework directives

William Howarth

Uncharted waters : SEA in the UK offshore area

Richard Caddell

Strategic environmental assessment in a cold climate : the Scottish experience

Colin Reid and Denis Edwards

Any seaport in a storm : the Northern Ireland SEA experience

William Orbinson QC

Strategic environmental assessment : the Irish experience

Muine Ryall

Afterword : AAR HUS and HS2

Richard Macrory and Gregory Jones QC.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781509930159

1509930159

9781474201278

147420127X

OCLC:

959965589