Sustainability Appraisals
Sustainability appraisals look at the economic, social and environmental impact of plans. These appraisals are an essential part of making a good Local Plan.
They must meet the legal requirements of the strategic environmental assessment (SEA) directive – go to GOV.UK: Strategic environmental assessment and sustainability appraisal.
Integrated Impact Assessment
We are undertaking an integrated impact assessment (IIA) of the emerging Local Plan. It will comprise:
- a sustainability appraisal (SA), including a strategic environmental assessment (SEA)
- a health impact assessment (HIA)
- an equalities impact assessment (EqIA)
You can view the latest Integrated Impact Assessment below:
Local Plan Initial Proposals Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA)
We prepared an Integrated Impact Assessment to support the Local Plan Initial Proposals document which you can view below.
Integrated Impact Assessment, Scoping Report 2022
The first step in a Local Plan sustainability process is to prepare a 'scoping report'. This sets out:
- the context in which the plan is being prepared
- our sustainability objectives
- how we will carry out the assessment
- the relevant environmental, economic and social issues
Our Integrated Impact Assessment Scoping Report built on the previous integrated sustainability appraisal (ISA) of the emerging Local Plan undertaken in 2016 ('scoping' stage) and 2018 ('issues and options' stage). We consulted on this report between May 2022 and June 2022.
The report provides an updated economic, environmental and social policy context and baseline information. It sets out the approach to the IIA, drawing on the ISA work carried out to date.
Previous sustainability appraisal work
You can download previous sustainability appraisal work below.