Consultation outcome

Environmental report for further onshore oil and gas licensing

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
This consultation has concluded

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Strategic Environmental Assessment for further onshore oil and gas licensing: post adoption statement

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Appendix A: consultation responses on the revised environmental report

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Detail of outcome

This document is the Post Adoption Statement for the Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) proposals for further onshore oil and gas licensing. The Post Adoption Statement is a requirement of the Strategic Environmental Assessment process to which the proposals has been subject. Strategic Environmental Assessment is an assessment process that supports decision making by identifying, characterising and evaluating the likely significant effects of a plan or programme on the environment and determining how any adverse effects may be mitigated or where any beneficial effects may be enhanced.


Original consultation

Summary

This is a consultation on an Environmental Report on DECC's proposals for further onshore oil and gas licensing in areas of Great Britain.

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Consultation description

The report identifies, describes and evaluates the likely significant effects on the environment of DECC’s proposals to invite applications for, and issue new licences, and of reasonable alternatives to that plan; and how these effects can be reduced or offset.

This report is a necessary part of a process of Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA).

DECC will take consultation responses into account and will then issue a “Post-adoption statement” which will summarise how the government intends to proceed in relation to further onshore licensing.

Documents

Strategic Environmental Assessment for further onshore oil and gas licensing: environmental report

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The environmental effects of onshore oil and gas licensing: two page synopsis

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Appendix A: consultation of previous SEA environment report and current SEA scoping report

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Appendix B: topic contextual information and assessments

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Appendix C: species used to calculate wild bird population indices

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Appendix D: natural areas in England relevant to SEA Areas 2, 3 and 5

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Appendix E: international designations in SEA areas

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Appendix F: quality assurance checklist

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Published 17 December 2013
Last updated 28 July 2014 + show all updates
  1. Government response document published

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