Sustainability Appraisal of The South East Plan

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Sustainability Appraisal of The South East Plan

• 8 November 2004
• Anthony Wright, ERM

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Presentation overview

• Appraisal process
• Initial Appraisal findings
• Regional spatial options
• Sub-regional reports
• Draft regional policies

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Presentation overview

• Appraisal process
• Initial Appraisal findings
• Regional spatial options
• Sub-regional reports
• Draft regional policies

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Appraisal Process

• In line with current ODPM guidance on
  Sustainability Appraisal
• Aims to comply with SEA requirements
• Incorporates HIA, rural proofing, future proofing

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Appraisal Process
Scoping
Initial Appraisal
Full Appraisal
Consultation
Finalising the Appraisal
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Appraisal Process
Scoping

• Early September to mid-October
• Scoping Report
• Baseline conditions
• Appraisal Framework
• Consultation

Initial Appraisal
Full Appraisal
Consultation
Finalising the Appraisal
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Scoping Baseline Review
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Scoping Baseline Review
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Scoping Appraisal Framework

• Sets out issues to be investigated in the
  appraisal
• 25 objectives of the Integrated Regional
  Framework
• 25 core appraisal questions
• 49 second tier questions

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Appraisal Process
Scoping

• Early September to mid-October
• Scoping Report
• Baseline conditions
• Appraisal Framework
• Consultation

Initial Appraisal
Full Appraisal
Consultation
Finalising the Appraisal
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Appraisal Process
Scoping

• October
• Review likely implications of
• Regional options
• Draft policies
• Sub-regional reports
• Feed back findings (Initial Appraisal Report)

Initial Appraisal
Full Appraisal
Consultation
Finalising the Appraisal
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Initial Appraisal
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Appraisal Process
Scoping

• October
• Review likely implications of
• Regional options
• Draft policies
• Sub-regional reports
• Feed back findings (Initial Appraisal Report)

Initial Appraisal
Full Appraisal
Consultation
Finalising the Appraisal
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Appraisal Process
Scoping
Initial Appraisal

• November to early December
• Appraise Draft Plan and Sub-Regional Strategies
• Propose mitigation address problems and
  opportunities
• Sustainability Appraisal Report, mid December

Full Appraisal
Consultation
Finalising the Appraisal
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Appraisal Process
Scoping
Initial Appraisal
Full Appraisal

• Public consultation January to March 2005
• Sustainability Appraisal report issued alongside
  Draft Plan

Consultation
Finalising the Appraisal
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Appraisal Process
Scoping
Initial Appraisal
Full Appraisal
Consultation

• Appraise amended Plan
• Appraise district housing figures
• Summer 2005

Finalising the Appraisal
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Appraisal Process
Scoping
Initial Appraisal
Full Appraisal
Consultation
Finalising the Appraisal
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Presentation overview

• Appraisal process
• Initial Appraisal findings
• Regional spatial options
• Sub-regional reports
• Draft regional policies

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Presentation overview

• Appraisal process
• Initial Appraisal findings
• Regional spatial options
• Sub-regional reports
• Draft regional policies

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Regional Spatial Options

• Six options derived from
• 3 policy options (distribution of 34,000 houses
  per annum to 2026)
• Regional Guidance (RPG9)
• Maximising Economic Potential
• Reducing Intra-Regional Disparities
• 2 distribution options
• Transport hubs (17 settlements)
• Urban concentration (133 settlements over 10,000)

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Regional Spatial Options
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Regional Options Headline Findings

• No preferred option(s)
• Many of the likely implications would arise from
  all of the options
• All have positive and negative implications
• Many impacts cannot be predicted

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Regional Options Headline Findings

• Housing Bii focuses on a wide range of areas
  with greatest housing shortages
• Deprivation Ci and Cii focus development in the
  regions most deprived communities
• Land use Bi and Bii focus in areas where PDL
  limited

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Regional Options Headline Findings

• Rural communities Aii, Bii and Cii distribute
  development closer to rural areas
• Climate change development scale will have
  significant greenhouse gas emissions
• Flood risk Ci and Cii focus development in
  areas with more land in flood zones

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Regional Options Headline Findings

• Not possible to assess
• Transport
• Biodiversity/historic environment
• Water resources

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Regional Options Next Steps

• Will appraise more specific regional options
  housing numbers, locations
• Need additional data, eg transport modelling,
  water resources

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Presentation overview

• Appraisal process
• Initial Appraisal findings
• Regional spatial options
• Sub-regional reports
• Draft regional policies

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Sub-Regions

• Interim/Progress Reports for
• 9 Sub-Regions
• 1 Special Policy Area (Isle of Wight)
• Reports set out information on
• Visions
• Policies
• Options for scale/distribution of development

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Example Central Arc (London Fringe)
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Example Central Arc (London Fringe)

• Four Options
• 1. Focus development in existing urban areas,
  limited housing growth (48,000 to 58,000 houses)
• 2a. Small extensions to urban areas around
  numerous main settlements
• 2b. Larger extensions to urban areas around three
  Hubs (Guildford, Redhill/Reigate, Woking)
• 3. Single, new settlement

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Central Arc Headline Findings

• Option 1
• Less likely to meet housing demand
• Relatively accessible developments
• No use of green belt
• Lower waste arisings, greenhouse gas emissions,
  water use etc than other options

• Option 2a
• Greater housing provision
• Developments more immediately accessible to more
  people

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Central Arc Headline Findings

• Option 2b
• Meet housing needs in hubs
• Less accessible for rural communities
• New services required in the three hubs

• Option 3
• Not meet wider housing needs of other parts of
  the sub-region
• Require the development of new transport
  infrastructure
• New settlement itself could be compact, mixed use
  etc

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Presentation overview

• Appraisal process
• Initial Appraisal findings
• Regional spatial options
• Sub-regional reports
• Draft regional policies

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Draft Regional Policies

• Six sections of the Policy Framework appraised
• Economy/retail and tourism
• Housing
• Environment and sustainable natural resource
  management
• Countryside and rural issues
• Urban management/built environment
• Social issues
• Not available for initial appraisal
• Communications and transport
• Waste, minerals and energy

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Draft Policies Headline Findings

• Not possible to appraise the implications of an
  incomplete set of policies
• Policies address many of the issues which the
  Appraisal Framework sets out
• Some issues not addressed
• No commitment to reducing unfit/non-decent homes
• No commitment to reusing materials in
  construction
• No policies on historic environment or
  heritage/cultural assets
• Renewables targets for 2016 to be rolled forward
  to 2020
• No policy on provision of education/skills
  development infrastructure