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6 Mitigation and Monitoring

Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) identifies the likely significant environmental impacts of plans and policies and proposed reasonable alternatives to them.

Publication type: Impact assessment
Date: 18 December 2019

Part of:: Offshore wind energy - draft sectoral marine plan: strategic environmental assessment

3.8 Private wastewater treatment systems – treatment plants

Guidance on achieving the standards set in the Building (Scotland) Regulations 2004. This handbook applies to a building warrant submitted on or after 1 June 2022 and to building work which does not require a warrant commenced from that date.

Date: 01 June 2022

Part of:: Building standards technical handbook 2022: non-domestic

2 Growing a Productive, Sustainable Economy With More Jobs and Fair Work

The Scottish Government's Programme for Government 2016 to 2017 sets out the actions we will take in the forthcoming year and beyond.

Publication type: Strategy/plan
Date: 06 September 2016

Part of:: A plan for Scotland: the Scottish Government's programme for Scotland 2016-2017

6. Evidence on Farmer Awareness of Climate Change Issues and Uptake of Mitigation Measures

This report sets out to answer a number of questions relating to farming behaviour and meeting greenhouse gas emissions targets.

Publication type: Research and analysis
Date: 29 October 2012

Part of:: Agriculture and Climate Change: Evidence on Influencing Farmer Behaviours

Handling of waste: amendment to legislation: consultation

Consultation on extending the power of Scottish Ministers to direct the holder of a permit issued under the PPC Regulations 2012 to accept and keep, or accept and treat or dispose of, controlled waste at specified places and on specified terms.

Publication type: Consultation paper
Date: 05 August 2019

6 Environmental Objectives

This Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) investigates the likely significant effects on the environment by the implementation of the Energy Efficient Scotland programme.

Publication type: Impact assessment
Date: 02 May 2018

Part of:: Energy Efficient Scotland: strategic environmental assessment

Screening assessment

Islands communities impact assessment considering whether the Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Scotland) Regulations 2021 have an effect on island communities significantly different to other communities in Scotland.

Publication type: Impact assessment
Date: 11 November 2021

Part of:: Environmental Protection (Single-use Plastic Products) (Scotland) Regulations 2021: islands communities impact assessment - final

River basin management plans - silage, slurry and anaerobic digestate – improving storage and application: consultation

Good water quality is important to us all and it is important that we continue to protect this key natural resource in Scotland. This consultation invites stakeholders to respond to a range of proposed updates to The Water Environment (Controlled

Publication type: Consultation paper
Date: 20 January 2021

5. References

The project helped define areas of the sea essential to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity. Twenty-nine species and multiple life-stages were reviewed covering marine fish and shellfish of commercial and ecological importance

Publication type: Research and analysis
Date: 22 May 2023

Part of:: Developing essential fish habitat maps: report

Policy objectives and intended outcomes