SEA Statistics
This section provides a summary breakdown of all SEA related notifications received by the EPA. We update this information annually.
| SEA Stage |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
| Screening |
75 |
49 |
51 |
53 |
76 |
38 |
60 |
32 |
29 |
44 |
60 |
65 |
83 |
| Scoping |
50 |
46 |
42 |
56 |
20 |
24 |
23 |
33 |
26 |
51 |
78 |
31 |
38 |
| Environmental Report/Draft Plan |
46 |
34 |
36 |
48 |
26 |
23 |
20 |
29 |
36 |
31 |
61 |
27 |
27 |
| Proposed Amendments |
22 |
20 |
9 |
10 |
17 |
15 |
5 |
3 |
13 |
21 |
15 |
14 |
14 |
Sectoral Breakdown of SEAs undertaken (updated: 22nd Jan 2026)
| Sector |
Number of SEA's |
| Agriculture |
13 |
| Forestry |
6 |
| Fisheries |
16 |
| Energy |
45 |
| Industry |
4 |
| Transport |
36 |
| Waste Management |
13 |
| Water Management |
78 |
| Telecommunications |
1 |
| Tourism |
42 |
| Planning/Land Use |
553 |
| Other Cases |
64 |
| Total (ongoing and complete) |
871 |
Type/Scale of SEAs Undertaken (updated: 22nd Jan 2026)
| Plan Type |
Total Number of SEAs |
| Transboundary* |
63 |
| National |
81 |
| Regional |
103 |
| County |
183 |
| Industry |
4 |
| Local |
437 |
| Total |
871 |
(* = transboundary submissions include invitations from transboundary planning authorities to provide comments on SEAs being prepared, rather than statutory consultation notifications.)