Wardell Armstrong have project managed and prepared a number of Sustainability Appraisals (SA) and Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEA).

The purpose of SEA/SA are to integrate environmental and sustainability factors into policy making. There are a number of reasons why SEA/SA are necessary for and important to informed decision making:

• Ensures sufficient detail is given to environmental considerations and objectives in policy, plan and programme development

• Strengthens EIA as decreases the workload and addresses issues, which are not possible to address at project level

• Acts as early warning system by allowing identification and management of cumulative effects

Quality Assurance

Our approach provides advice and support from initial review and the determination of objectives and indicators through to monitoring and quality assurance. The key to effective SEA/SA is to work and support those who are preparing the plan or programme.