Core Strategy Sustainability Appraisal

A Sustainability Appraisal (SA) Report was published for consultation alongside the Core Strategy Preferred Approach.  Sustainability Appraisal is a legal requirement to help ensure that the Core Strategy follows the principles of sustainable development. The SA report includes consideration of options for the Core Strategy and an assessment of the Core Strategy Preferred Approach policies.

If you wish to respond on the SA Report you can do so either via the Core Strategy response form (see final question).  The consultation closes on 7^th October 2011.

Core Strategy S A Report:

• Non-technical Summary PDF
• SA Report PDF
• Appendix 1 Quality Assurance Checklist PDF
• Appendix 2 Review of Relevant Plans and Programmes PDF
• Appendix 3 Baseline Information PDF
• Appendix 4 Consultation Responses and Actions Taken PDF
• Appendix 5 Full Appraisal Tables and Analysis - Options for Housing Numbers PDF
• Appendix 6 Full Appraisal Tables and Analysis - Options for Housing Distribution PDF
• Appendix 7 Full Appraisal Tables and Analysis - Options for Strategic Locations (greenfield) PDF
• Appendix 8 Full Appraisal Tables and Analysis - Policies PDF
• Appendix 9 Detailed Assessments of Strategic Locations (on previously developed land) PDF
• Appendix 10 Draft Monitoring Schedule PDF

Previous documents

The Scoping Report is the first stage of the Sustainability Appraisal. The scoping process involves identifying relevant plans and programmes to consider, setting out the key sustainability issues and characteristics in Hart, and setting out the SA framework in the form of SA objectives against which the Core Strategy will be assessed.

The Core Strategy SA LDF and Core Strategy Draft Scoping Report was originally consulted upon in and May 2009 and March 2011. However, these documents have been superseded by the LDF and Core Strategy Scoping Report published in July 2011.

LDF and Core Strategy Scoping Report, July 2011:

• LDF and Core Strategy SA Scoping Report PDF
• Appendix 1 Quality Assurance checklist PDF
• Appendix 2 Review of relevant plans and programmes PDF
• Appendix 3 Baseline Information PDF
• Appendix 4 Consultation Responses and Actions taken PDF

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Updated 14 November 2011