Mr. Neil Deasley

Neil Deasley Scottish Environmental Protection Agency

The Commission took oral evidence from Ms Tricia Henton (Chief Executive) and Mr Neil Deasley (Planning and European Affairs Manager).

Neil Deasley - Principal Planning Officer with SEPA - on a national perspective on SEA.

Neil Deasley - Principal Planning Officer with SEPA (1.77 MB) - on a national perspective on SEA.

Keynote speakers: Ross Finnie MSP, Minister for Environment and Rural Development; William Carlin, SEA Gateway Manager, Scottish Executive; Neil Deasley, Principal Policy Officer, Scottish Environment Protection Agency; Elsa Joao, Director of Research, Graduate School of Environmental Research, University of Strathclyde.

The directive has been transposed into national legislation north of the Border, and Neil Deasley, European affairs manager at the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, said his organisation had already boiled down the options for setting up advisory groups to ensure the public had its say, with regional seminars starting in September.