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8.1 Level of detail of the assessment
SEA is differentfrom Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) mainly because it is used to assessrelatively broad strategies rather than site specific proposals. The level of detail of anassessment should always be at the same scale to that of the plan it isassessing (Sommer, 2002). Therefore, the level of detail of the SEA is likelyto be relatively broad and will use evidence wherever possible to assess thepotential impacts of the planÂ’s overall strategy and programme of measures.Detailed site specific assessment may be carried out to support the consentstages of the individual measures as required under the appropriateregulations.
This section willoutline how the remaining stages of the SEA will be carried out includingproviding more guidance on the scope and level of detail that will be includedin the plan.