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Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Calstock Neighbourhood Plan Environmental Report to accompany the submission version of the Neighbourhood Plan Calstock Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group May 2020 Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Environmental Report to accompany the Calstock Neighbourhood Plan submission version of the Neighbourhood Plan Quality information Prepared by Checked by Verified by Approved by Ryan Putt Nick Chisholm- Alastair Peattie Alastair Peattie Environmental Batten Associate Director Associate Director Consultant Associate Director Revision History Revision Revision date Details Authorized Name Position V1.0 30th July 2019 Draft version for 30th July 2019 Nick Chisholm- Associate Neighbourhood Batten Director Group comment V2.0 2nd September Regulation 14 2nd September Nick Chisholm- Associate 2019 consultation 2019 Batten Director version V3.0 18th May 2020 Submission 19th May 2020 Nick Chisholm- Associate version Batten Director Prepared for: Calstock Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group Prepared by: AECOM Limited Plumer House Tailyour Road Plymouth United Kingdom aecom.com © 2020 AECOM Limited. All Rights Reserved. This document has been prepared by AECOM Limited (“AECOM”) for use of Locality (the “Client”) in accordance with generally accepted consultancy principles, the budget for fees and the terms of reference agreed between AECOM and the Client. Any information provided by third parties and referred to herein has not been checked or verified by AECOM, unless otherwise expressly stated in the document. No third party may rely upon this document without the prior and express written agreement of AECOM. Prepared for: Calstock Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group AECOM Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Environmental Report to accompany the Calstock Neighbourhood Plan submission version of the Neighbourhood Plan Table of Contents Non-Technical Summary ...................................................................................................................................................... 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................... 1 Background ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 SEA explained .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Structure of this SEA Environmental Report ............................................................................................................................ 3 2. Local Plan context for the Calstock Neighbourhood Plan ........................... 4 Local Plan context for the Neighbourhood Plan .................................................................................................................... 4 Vision, aims and objectives for the Neighbourhood Plan .................................................................................................. 5 3. What is the scope of the SEA? ................................................................................ 6 SEA Scoping Report ............................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Key Sustainability Issues .................................................................................................................................................................... 7 SEA Framework .................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 4. What has plan making / SEA involved up to this point? ............................. 14 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 14 Overview of plan making / SEA work undertaken since 2014 ...................................................................................... 14 Assessment of reasonable alternatives .................................................................................................................................. 15 Housing numbers to deliver through the Neighbourhood Plan ................................................................................... 15 Assessment of options for the broad location of residual development ............................................................... 16 Current approach in the Neighbourhood Plan and the development of Neighbourhood Plan policies . 20 5. What are the appraisal findings at this current stage? ............................... 22 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 22 Approach to the appraisal .............................................................................................................................................................. 22 Air Quality ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 22 Biodiversity and Geodiversity ....................................................................................................................................................... 23 Climate Change.................................................................................................................................................................................... 25 Landscape .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 26 Historic Environment ......................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Land, Soil and Water Resources .................................................................................................................................................. 28 Population and Community ........................................................................................................................................................... 29 Health and Wellbeing ......................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Transportation....................................................................................................................................................................................... 31 Conclusions at this current stage ............................................................................................................................................... 32 6. What are the next steps? ....................................................................................... 33 Appendix A Context Review and Baseline ................................................................... 34 Prepared for: Calstock Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group AECOM Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Environmental Report to accompany the Calstock Neighbourhood Plan submission version of the Neighbourhood Plan This page is intentionally blank Prepared for: Calstock Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group AECOM Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Environmental Report to accompany the Calstock Neighbourhood Plan submission version of the Neighbourhood Plan Non-Technical Summary What is Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA)? A strategic environmental assessment has been undertaken to inform the Calstock Neighbourhood Plan. This process is required by the SEA Regulations. Neighbourhood Plan groups use SEA to assess Neighbourhood Plans against a set of sustainability objectives developed in consultation with interested parties. The purpose of the assessment is to avoid adverse environmental and socio-economic effects through the Neighbourhood Plan and identify opportunities to improve the environmental quality of the area covered by the Neighbourhood Plan and the quality of life of residents. What is the Calstock Neighbourhood Plan? The Calstock Neighbourhood Plan is currently being prepared as a Neighbourhood Development Plan under the Localism Act 2011 and the Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012. The Neighbourhood Plan is being prepared in the context of the Cornwall Local Plan. It is currently anticipated that the Neighbourhood Plan will be submitted to Cornwall Council in summer 2020 and undergo a referendum in May 2021. Purpose of this Environmental Report This Environmental Report, which accompanies the submission version of the Calstock Neighbourhood Plan, is the third document to be produced as part of the SEA process. The first document was the SEA Scoping Report (March 2019), which includes information about the Neighbourhood Plan area’s environment and community. The second document was the SEA Environmental Report (September 2019) which accompanied the Neighbourhood Plan at Regulation 14 consultation.