Scottish Government

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Contents

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Abbreviations

1. Non-technical summary
1.1 Strategic Environmental Assessment and the Plan area
1.2 Scope of the SEA
1.3 Review of relevant plans, programmes and strategies
1.4 Environmental characteristics and problems
1.5 Likely future without the Plan
1.6 SEA framework
1.7 Development of alternatives
1.8 Assessment and associated mitigation proposals
1.9 Cumulative effects
1.10 SEA monitoring
1.11 The difference the Strategic Environmental Assessment has made to the Plan
1.12 Limitations & Constraints

2. Introduction
2.1 Purpose of the Report
2.2 Key Facts about the Plan
2.3 SEA Process & Activities to Date

3. West Edinburgh Planning Framework 2008 ( WEPF)
3.1 Outline and objectives of the Plan
3.2 Relationship with other plans, programmes and strategies
3.3 Environmental Baseline
3.4 Existing Environmental Problems
3.5 Likely Future of the Area without the Plan
3.6 SEA Framework

4. Assessment of Environmental Effects and Proposed Mitigation and Enhancement Measures
4.1 Alternatives Considered
4.2 Methods for assessing the Plan and alternatives
4.3 Summary of Assessment of Scenarios
4.4 Cumulative Effects
4.5 Assessment of Compatibility
4.6 Proposed Mitigation Measures
4.7 Appropriate Assessment of the West Edinburgh Planning Framework
4.8 The difference the SEA has made to the Plan
4.9 SEA Difficulties & Limitations

5. Monitoring

6. Next steps

7. Addendum

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1.1 - Timeline of Policy Development directly affecting the West Edinburgh Area
Table 1.2 - Summary of Potential Effect vs Opportunities arising from SEA
Table 3.1 - Schedule of Development 2020 as set out in WEPF 2003
Table 3.2 - Existing and Proposed Transport Developments
Table 3.3 - Sustainable Development and Climate Change
Table 3.4 - National, Regional and Local Land Use Planning
Table 3.5 - Sector-specific plans and programmes
Table 3.6 - Key Existing Environmental Problems
Table 3.7 - SEA Objectives
Table 4.1 - Scenario Comparison: Common Factors and Differentiators
Table 4.2 - Assessment of alternatives in terms of contribution to SEA Objectives
Table 4.3 - Summary of Cumulative Effects
Table 4.4 - Assessment of compatibility ( SEA Objectives versus WEPF updated)
Table 4.5 - Summary of proposed mitigation measures against each SEA objective
Table 5.1 - Monitoring Measures
Table 6.1 - Next Steps

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 2.1 - Flow diagram of the Plan and SEA process