All SEA consultation notifications and queries should be sent electronically to: sea@epa.ie. (Please do not use the info@epa.ie email address when contacting the SEA Team). The EPA SEA Team contacts are:
The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage website provides the most up-to-date contact details for the environmental authorities that must be consulted as part of SEA process, taking into account transfers of functions between Ministers since the SEA Regulations first identified the environmental authorities.
Under national SEA Regulations, the following statutory consultation bodies should be notified.
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Authority |
Remit |
Contact Details |
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Environmental Protection Agency |
For all plans and programmes |
Environmental Protection Agency, Johnstown Castle Estate, County Wexford. |
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Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage |
Plans/programmes covered by SI 435/2004, as amended where there might be significant effects on nature conservation, archaeology (terrestrial and underwater) and built heritage
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For plans/programmes covered by SI 435/2004, as amended The Manager, Development Applications Unit (DAU), Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage, Government Offices, Newtown Road, Wexford, Y35 AP90. |
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Plans/Programmes covered by SI 436/2004, as amended For all plans listed in S.I. 436 of 2004, as amended
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For plans/programmes covered by SI 436/2004, as amended EU and International Planning Regulation Unit Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Custom House, Dublin, D01 W6X0. |
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Plans/Programmes covered by SI 436/2004, as amended where there might be significant effects on nature conservation, archaeology (terrestrial and underwater) and built heritage |
For plans/programmes covered by SI 436/2004, as amended The Manager, Development Applications Unit (DAU) , Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage, Government Offices, Newtown Road, Wexford, Y35 AP90 |
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Department of Environment, Climate and Communications |
For plans/programmes where there might be significant effects on climate or inland fisheries |
Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, at the following address: Planning Advisory Department of Environment, Climate and Communications, Third Floor, 29 – 31 Adelaide Road, Dublin 2 D02 X285 |
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Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine |
For plans/programmes where there might be significant effects on fisheries or the marine environment |
Environmental Co-Ordination, Climate Change & Bioenergy Policy Division, Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine, Pavilion A, Grattan Business Centre, Dublin Road, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, R32 K857 |
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Any adjoining planning authority whose area is contiguous to the area of the planning authority |
For plans/programmes covered by SI 436/2004, as amended |
Various |
Where the Plan or Programme (or modification) may significantly affect the environment in Northern Ireland, you should contact the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs at the following address:
SEA Team, Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Klondyke Building, Cromac Avenue, Lower Ormeau Road, Belfast BT7 2GA. Tel: 028 9056 9370. Email: SEATeam@daera-ni.gov.uk
Website: https://www.daera-ni.gov.uk/.
The Welsh Government describe the consultation requirements on their website which can be reviewed here .
Where the Plan or Programme (or modification) may significantly affect the environment in Wales, the following authorities should be contacted:
Cadw (www.cadw.wales.gov.uk)
Natural Resources Wales ( formed from merger of 'Countryside Council for Wales' and the 'Environment Agency Wales')
In addition to the statutory SEA consultation bodies referred to above, the Welsh Government can be notified at:
Strategic Environmental Assessment
Climate Change and Natural Resource Management Division
Department for Natural Resources
Welsh Government
Cathays Park 2
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ
Tel: 02920 823178 Email: SEA@wales.gsi.gov.uk
The Scottish statutory Consultation Authorities are:
Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA),
www.sepa.org.uk/planning/sea.aspx
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH),
www.snh.gov.uk/planning-and-development/environmental-assessment/sea/
The Scottish Ministers (Historic Scotland).
www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/sea
Where the Plan or Programme (or modification) may significantly affect the environment in Scotland, you should contact the relevant authorities at the following address:
SEA Gateway Manager, Environmental Assessment Team, Directorate of Built Environment, 2-H (South), Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ Tel: (0044) (0)131 244 5094 Email: SEA.Gateway@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Where the Plan or Programme (or modification) may significantly affect the environment in England, you should contact the relevant authorities at the following addresses:
Environment Agency (www.environment-agency.gov.uk). Email: enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk
Natural England (www.naturalengland.org.uk). Email: enquiries@naturalengland.org.uk
Historic England (https://historicengland.org.uk). Useful guidance note here