The Sustainability Appraisal (SA) helps evaluate the effects the Local Plan review will have on the Borough
About the SA
Throughout the Local Plan review, the Plan has undergone Sustainability Appraisal. This incorporates the requirements of the EU Directive 2001/42/EC on Strategic Environmental Assessments, incorporated into UK law by the Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes Regulations 2004. Sustainability Appraisal is an evaluation of the effects the Local Plan is likely to have on:
- social
- economic, and
- environmental conditions of the plan area
It assesses policy and site options, comparing for each the chosen (preferred) approach against reasonable alternatives.
Sustainability Appraisal documents
The Sustainability Appraisal consists of the following suite of documents:
- B1 - Sustainability Appraisal (inc. SEA) Scoping Report (2017)
- B2 - Sustainability Appraisal (inc. SEA) Scoping Report Update (2020)
- B3 - Local Plan Review Sustainability Appraisal (including SEA) report (2020)
- B4 - Local Plan Review Sustainability Appraisal (including SEA) draft 2019
- B5 - Statutory Responses to the SA Scoping Report Update August 2020
- B6 - SA/SEA Consultation comments to the Draft SA/SEA Documents 2019
- B7 - Sustainability Appraisal (SA) Addendum, July 2022
- B8 - Non-Technical Summary (including information relating to the SA Addendum 2022), July 2022
- B9 - Sustainability Appraisal (SA) Addendum/ Non-Technical Summary, July 2022 - Summary of Consultation Responses, August 2022
Original (redacted) representations in response to the recent (July 2022) SA Addendum (B7) and Non-Technical Summary (B8) may be viewed through this link.