UK Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment 3 (OESEA3)

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is conducting a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of a draft plan/programme to enable future renewable leasing for offshore wind, wave and tidal devices and licensing/leasing for seaward oil and gas rounds, hydrocarbon and carbon dioxide gas storage. The renewable energy elements of the draft plan/programme cover parts of the UK Exclusive Economic Zone and the territorial waters of England and Wales; for hydrocarbon gas and carbon dioxide storage it applies to UK waters (relevant territorial waters and the UK Exclusive Economic Zone); and for hydrocarbon exploration and production it applies to all UK waters.

The consultation ran from 3 March 2016 to 29 April 2016.

Below is a list of key documents published as part of the OESEA3 consultation process:

• Non-Technical Summary
• Environmental Report
• Appendices 1-4 (Contents)
  • Appendix 1a.1: Plankton
  • Appendix 1a.2: Benthos
  • Appendix 1a.3: Cephalopods
  • Appendix 1a.4: Fish & Shellfish
  • Appendix 1a.5: Marine Reptiles
  • Appendix 1a.6: Birds
  • Appendix 1a.7: Marine and Other Mammals
  • Appendix 1b: Geology, Substrates & Coastal Geomorphology
  • Appendix 1c: Landscape/Seascape
  • Appendix 1d: Water Environment
  • Appendix 1e: Air Quality
  • Appendix 1f: Climate & Meteorology
  • Appendix 1g: Population & Human Health
  • Appendix 1h: Other Users & Material Assests
  • Appendix 1i: Cultural Heritage
  • Appendix 1j: Conservation
  • Appendix 2: Other Initiatives
  • Appendix 3: Existing Controls
  • Appendix 4: Stakeholder Workshops
• Post-Consultation Report
• Consultation Feedback
• Scoping Report
• Scoping Response Compilation