This consultation is closed.
OFFSHORE WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT - STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT (SEA)
The Department's consultation document Future Offshore, issued in November 2002, provided an outline of the Government's plan to lease sites for windfarm development in the North West, Greater Wash, and Thames Estuary strategic areas.
The document also stated that the second round of site leases for offshore wind farms would be informed by Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA).
The SEA Environmental Report was published on 1 May 2003 along with a consultation on the Environmental Report and the Government's plan for windfarm development in the three strategic areas.
Read a summary of the responses to the consultation and the DTI's response to them. This includes a list of the organisations that responded together with links to their responses.
As a result of the consultation process, the Environmental Report has now been revised and can be downloaded by following the links at the right hand side of this page.