1. Sustainability Appraisal
Sustainability Appraisal (SA) is concerned with looking at the potential impacts of alternative strategy and policy options in respect of social, environmental and economic considerations. The appraisal provides evidence to test and inform plan content.
We appointed Land Use Consultants to produce the SA of the new Local Plan. The main SA report was published in October 2012. The document is very large and so it has been broken down into smaller files in order for more manageable downloads.
Publication Draft Sustainability Appraisal Report (pages 1-100)
Appendix 1 - Review of Plans, Policies and Programmes
Appendix 2 - Baseline Information
Appendix 3 - Appraisal of Strategic Policies
Appendix 4 - Appraisal of Development Management Policies
Appendix 5 - Assumptions used in Appraisal of Site Allocations
Appendix 6 - Ottery St Mary Map
Appendix 6 - Budleigh Salterton Map
Appendix 7 - Appraisal Matrices for Site Allocations and Reasonable Alternatives
West End Addendum Report This addendum report has been written in-house and is designed to assess sites in the West End in the same way as the above document. See also the addendum report for more information.
Prior to actually undertaking a SA we were required to produce a document called a scoping report. The scoping report sets out background information about relevant sustainability issues and also includes a framework of key sustainability objectives against which planning policies are to be assessed. We have produced a generic scoping report that will be used to inform appraisal of:
- the East Devon Core Strategy; and
- other documents that will make up the East Devon LDF.
The Scoping Report can be downloaded here and the appendix to the Scoping Report can be downloaded here
The Interim Sustainability Appraisal of the Issues and Options report can be downloaded here.
Preferred Approach Sustainability Appraisal Report 06/09/2010
Sustainability Report Non Technical Summary
In producing the local plan we have provided the opportunity for people to make representation regarding the Sustainability Appraisal and comments received were addressed in an Addendum to the Sustainability Appraisal report. This addendum should be read alongside the other Sustainability Appraisal work and see the Publication Draft of the new Local Plan webpage for the local plan document.