Customer of the planned activity: Lepel District Executive Committee (hereinafter referred to as Lepel District Executive Committee), 211174, Lepel town, Leninskaya Street, 6, tel/fax +375 2132 3 49 97, E-mail - lepel.vitebsk-region.gov.by

Customer of the planned activity:

Lepel District Executive Committee (hereinafter referred to as Lepel District Executive Committee), 211174, Lepel town, Leninskaya Street, 6, tel/fax +375 2132 3 49 97, E-mail - lepel.vitebsk-region.gov.by

Purpose and justification of the planned activity:

The purpose of the strategic environmental assessment of the object "Scheme of green areas for general use of Lepel town" is to ensure the consideration and integration of environmental factors in the process of developing urban planning documentation, including decision-making, in support of environmentally sound and sustainable development.

The objectives of developing the urban planning project "Scheme of green areas for general use of Lepel town" are:

– survey and compilation of a list of green areas for general use;

– calculation of the provision of green areas for general use for the population, taking into account the projected population size;

– compilation of a plan for green areas for general use;

– establishment of urban planning regulations for the use of green areas for general use, taking into account the regulations of the current master plan.

The urban planning project of special planning "Scheme of green areas for general use of Lepel town" is developed in implementation of the measures for the realisation of the Law of the Republic of Belarus of 14.06.2003 No. 205-Z "On the flora" and for the purpose of implementing the urban planning project of general planning "Master plan of Lepel town", approved by the decision of the Lepel District Council of Deputies of 27 November 2018 No. 32, in terms of developing a scheme of green areas for general use.

In accordance with clause 1.2 of Article 6 of the Law of the Republic of Belarus of 18.07.2016 No. 399-Z "On State Environmental Expertise, Strategic Environmental Assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment", the urban planning project "Scheme of green areas for general use of Lepel town" is an object of strategic environmental assessment (hereinafter referred to as SEA).

In accordance with clause 13.4 of the Regulation on the procedure for conducting strategic environmental assessment, requirements for the composition