- RTPI advice note on strategic environmental assessment (2018)
- ‘DIY SA’ (SA guidance for neighbourhood plans)
- Practical Guide to the SEA Directive
We have helped many organisations to appraise, and improve, the environmental/sustainability impacts of their policies, plans and programmes. Previous and current work includes:
- SEA of five National Policy Statements on energy for DECC (with Entec)
- SEA of Thames Estuary 2100, the 100-year flood risk management strategy for the Tidal Thames, for/with the Environment Agency
- Appraisal of Sustainability of HS2 (with Booz/Temple)
- Supporting local and regional authorities in carrying out integrated sustainability appraisal/SEAs of their plans, including
- Oxford City Council Local Plan, Wyre District Council Local Plan (2018)
- Oxfordshire County Council, Oxford City Council, Cherwell District Council
- Cardiff Council, Neath Port Talbot County
- Borough Council, Vale of Glamorgan Council
- neighbourhood plans for Adderbury, Berinsfield, Headcorn
- Yorkshire and Humber, South East, South West, East of England, North West regional assemblies / government offices (with other consultancies)
- Leicester City Council, Forest of Dean District Council, West Sussex County Council, Mid Sussex District Council
- London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London Authority
- Running SA/SEA training courses, e.g. for Royal Town Planning Institute (twice a year), Countryside Council for Wales, One NorthEast, Government of Qatar, Department for International Development, Iranian Ministry of Planning and Organisation
- Critical analyses of SA/SEAs, e.g. oil/gas licensing for Friends of the Earth
- Preparation of a distance learning course on SEA for United Nations Development Programme (with TRL)
- Review of environmental reports for the Irish Environmental Protection Agency
- Preparation of SA/SEA guidance:
- Advice notes on SEA for forestry and waste, for the Irish Environmental Protection Agency
- Implementation of the SEA Directive, for the (then) ODPM
- SEA and transport, for the Department of Transport (with TRL)
- SEA and climate change, for the Environment Agency
Riki Therivel has written three books and many articles on strategic environmental assessment, and taught many courses on the subject.
