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Sustainability Appraisal and Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Fareham Borough Local Plan Part 2: Development Sites and Policies Plan for Sustainability Report for the Proposed Submission Document Client: Fareham Borough Council Report No.: UE-0108 Fareham DS&P Publication SA_7_140129 Version: 7 Status: Final Date: January 2014 Author: SP/NP Checked: SP Approved: NP Front cover photo: Titchfield Haven (Credit: MAClarke21 / flickr) Sustainability Report: Fareham Development Site & Policies Plan – Proposed Submission January 2014 UE-0108 Fareham DS&P Publication SA_7_140129 Contents Non Technical Summary i About Sustainability Appraisal i About the Development Sites and Policies Plan i Purpose and Content of the Sustainability Report i The Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Stage ii Assessment of Alternative Options ii Assessment of Sites and Policies within the Proposed Submission Document ii Recommendations iii Monitoring iii Next Steps iv Publication iv 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Purpose of this Report 1 1.2 The Development Sites and Policies Plan 1 1.3 The Study Area 2 1.4 Sustainable Development 4 2 Methodology 7 2.1 Integrated Sustainability Appraisal 7 2.2 Stages of Sustainability Appraisal 8 2.3 Presenting the SA Information 9 2.4 Approach to the Assessment 10 2.5 Limitations to the Sustainability Appraisal 12 3 Scoping 15 3.1 Scoping Report 15 3.2 Scoping Consultation 15 3.3 Policy and Plan Review 15 3.4 Gathering Baseline Data 16 3.5 Key Sustainability Issues 16 Sustainability Report: Fareham Development Site & Policies Plan – Proposed Submission January 2014 UE-0108 Fareham DS&P Publication SA_7_140129 3.6 The Sustainability Appraisal Framework 16 4 Current and Future Characteristics of the Borough 23 4.1 Summary of Baseline Conditions and likely evolution in absence of the Plan 23 4.2 Key Sustainability Opportunities and Challenges 37 5 Assessment of Alternative Options 43 5.1 Assessing the Plan’s Objectives against the SA Objectives 43 5.2 Responding to the Requirements of the SEA Directive 44 5.3 Assessment of the Draft Development Sites and Policies Plan 45 5.4 Assessment of Additional Options 68 5.5 Conclusions 74 6 Detailed Assessment of Preferred Sites 75 6.1 Introduction 75 6.2 Assessment Findings 75 6.3 Cumulative Effects Assessment 113 7 Assessment Commentary by SA Objective 117 7.1 Introduction 117 7.2 SA1: To provide good quality and sustainable housing for all 117 7.3 SA2: To conserve and enhance built and cultural heritage 117 7.4 SA3: To conserve and enhance the character of the landscape 118 7.5 SA4: To promote accessibility and encourage travel by sustainable means 118 7.6 SA5: To minimise carbon emissions and promote adaptation to climate change 118 7.7 SA6: To minimise air, water, light and noise pollution 119 7.8 SA7: To conserve and enhance biodiversity 119 7.9 SA8: To conserve and manage natural resources (water, land, minerals, agricultural land, materials) 120 7.10 SA9: To strengthen the local economy and provide accessible jobs available to residents of the borough 120 7.11 SA10: To create vital and viable new centres which complement existing centres 120 7.12 SA11: To create a healthy and safe community 121 8 Monitoring 123 8.1 Introduction 123 8.2 Monitoring Framework 123 Sustainability Report: Fareham Development Site & Policies Plan – Proposed Submission January 2014 UE-0108 Fareham DS&P Publication SA_7_140129 9 Summary and Consultation Arrangements 125 9.1 Summary and Next Steps 125 9.2 Publication 126 Appendix A: Annex 1 of the SEA Directive A Appendix B: Analysis of Consultation Responses C Appendix C: PPP Review E Appendix D: Sustainability Appraisal Framework G Appendix E: HLA Matrix for Draft DSP Plan I Appendix F: HLA Findings and Matrix for Deleted Sites K Appendix G: Rationale for Rejecting Alternative Options CC Appendix H: High Level Assessment for the Proposed Submission DSP Plan EE Appendix I: Detailed Assessment Matrices GG Sustainability Report: Fareham Development Site & Policies Plan – Proposed Submission January 2014 UE-0108 Fareham DS&P Publication SA_7_140129 List of Tables and Figures Table 2.1: SA/SEA stages and those addressed in this report 8 Table 2.2: Sustainability themes 9 Table 2.3: Significance matrix 12 Table 3.1: Summary of policy and plan review 17 Table 3.2: Sustainability Appraisal Objectives 21 Table 4.1: Fareham borough LBAP habitats 26 Table 4.2: Hampshire and selected UK BAP species reported on and condition in Fareham 26 Table 5.1: Compatibility assessment between plan objectives and SA Objectives 44 Table 6.1: Cumulative, synergistic and indirect effects 113 Table 8.1: Proposed monitoring framework 124 Figure 1.1: Fareham Borough and its sub-regional context 3 Figure 1.2: Five guiding principles of the UK Sustainable Development Strategy, Securing the Future (2005) 5 Figure 5.1: Proposed site allocations at the Draft Plan stage 46 Figure 6.1: Final development sites included in Proposed Submission DSP 76 Sustainability Report: Fareham Development Site & Policies Plan – Proposed Submission January 2014 UE-0108 Fareham DS&P Publication SA_7_140129 Abbreviations AAP Area Action Plan NPPF National Planning Policy Framework AONB Area of Outstanding Natural ODPM Office of the Deputy Prime Beauty Minister AQMA Air Quality Management Area ONS Office of National Statistics BAP Biodiversity Action Plan PAYE Pay As You Earn BOA Biodiversity Opportunity Area PPPs Policies, plans and programmes BREEAM Building Research Establishment PUSH Partnership for Urban South Environmental Assessment Hampshire Methodology CAMS Catchment Abstraction PV Photovoltaic Management Strategy DCLG Department of Communities and SA Sustainability Appraisal Local Government DEFRA Department of the Environment, SAC Special Area of Conservation Food and Rural Affairs DPD Development Plans Document SAP Species Action Plan HAP Habitat Action Plan SDMP Solent Disturbance and Mitigation Project HCC Hampshire County Council SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment HLA Higher Level Assessment SFRA Strategic Flood Risk Assessment HRA Habitat Regulations Assessment SINC Site of Importance for Nature Conservation IMD Indices of Multiple Deprivation SOA Super Output Area LBAP Local Biodiversity Action Plan SO2 Sulphur Dioxide LDF Local Development Framework SPA Special Protection Area LNR Local Nature Reserve SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest LPA Local Planning Authority SuDS Sustainable Drainage systems NAI No Active Intervention TPO Tree Protection Order Sustainability Report: Fareham Development Site & Policies Plan – Proposed Submission January 2014 UE-0108 Fareham DS&P Publication SA_7_140129 NO2 Nitrogen dioxide UK BAP UK Biodiversity Action Plan MRF Minimal Residual Flow UKCP UK Climate Projections NOx Nitrogen oxides VOC Volatile Organic Compounds Sustainability Report: Fareham Development Site & Policies Plan – Proposed Submission January 2014 Non Technical Summary UE-0108 Fareham DS&P Publication SA_7_140129 Non Technical Summary About Sustainability Appraisal A Sustainability Appraisal (SA) is being carried out alongside the preparation of the Fareham Borough Local Plan Part 2: The Development Sites and Policies (DSP) Plan. Local Planning Authorities such as Fareham Borough Council use SA to assess planning documents against a set of sustainability objectives developed in consultation with local stakeholders and communities. This assessment helps the Council to identify the relative environmental, social and economic performance of possible strategic, policy and site options, and to evaluate which of these may be more sustainable. SA is a statutory process incorporating the requirements of the European Union Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive. About the Development Sites and Policies Plan The DSP Plan will form a key part of the Local Plan for Fareham Borough. It will implement the strategic direction established in the Adopted Core Strategy 2011 and allocate sites for development to meet the borough’s housing, employment and infrastructure needs between now and 2026, as well setting a framework of development management policies against which individual proposals can be assessed. Purpose and Content of the Sustainability Report The purpose of this Sustainability Report is to: Identify, describe and evaluate the likely significant effects of the DSP Plan and its reasonable alternatives; and Provide an early and effective opportunity for statutory consultees, interested parties and the public to offer views on any aspect of the SA process which has been carried out to date. The Sustainability Report contains: An outline of the contents and main objectives of the DSP Plan and its relationship with other plans, programmes and strategies; Relevant aspects of the current state of the environment and key sustainability issues for the borough; The SA Framework of objectives and decision-making criteria against which the DSP Plan has been assessed; i Sustainability Report: Fareham Development Site & Policies Plan – Proposed Submission January 2014 Non Technical Summary UE-0108 Fareham DS&P Publication SA_7_140129 The appraisal of alternative options for the DSP Plan; A summary of the appraisal carried out for early versions of the DSP Plan; The likely significant effects of the DSP Plan in sustainability terms; The measures envisaged to prevent, reduce and as fully as possible offset any significant adverse effects which may arise as a result of the DSP Plan; A description of the measures envisaged concerning monitoring; and The next steps for the SA. The