Sustainability Appraisal for Chiltern and South Bucks District Councils
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Sustainability Appraisal for Chiltern and South Bucks District Councils Regulation 18 Green Belt Preferred Options September 2017 Sustainability Appraisal for Chiltern and South Bucks District Councils Regulation 18 – Green Belt Preferred Options LC-330 Document Control Box Client Chiltern and South Bucks District Councils Sustainability Appraisal of the Chiltern and South Bucks Local Plan Report Title (Regulation 18) Green Belt Preferred Options Status Final Filename LC-330_SBucks_&_Chilterns_GB_SA_18_290917DS Date September 2017 Author DS Reviewed JE Approved ND Cover Photo: Looking East across option ‘National Epilepsy Centre, Chalfont St Peter’ © Lepus Consulting for Chiltern and South Bucks District Councils Chiltern and South Bucks SA Green Belt Preferred Options September 2017 LC-330_SBucks_&_Chilterns_GB_SA_18_290917DS.docx Contents 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 3 1.1 Background ............................................................................................................................................ 3 1.2 Purpose of this report ......................................................................................................................... 3 1.3 About the Chiltern and South Bucks Local Plan 2014-2036 ............................................... 4 1.4 The Regulation 18 Consultation ...................................................................................................... 4 1.5 The SA Process ..................................................................................................................................... 4 1.6 An integrated approach to Sustainability Appraisal and Strategic Environmental Assessment ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 1.7 Best practice guidance ....................................................................................................................... 5 1.8 Using this document: .......................................................................................................................... 6 2 Methodology ................................................................................................................................................... 8 2.1 Approach to assessment ................................................................................................................... 8 2.2 Appraisal process ................................................................................................................................. 9 2.3 Geographic scale ................................................................................................................................ 13 2.4 Impact magnitude .............................................................................................................................. 13 2.5 Significance ........................................................................................................................................... 14 3 Assumptions and limitations to assessment ..................................................................................... 16 3.2 SA Objective 1: Cultural Heritage ................................................................................................. 16 3.3 SA Objective 2: Landscape .............................................................................................................. 17 3.4 SA Objective 3: Biodiversity ............................................................................................................ 17 3.5 SA Objective 4: Climate Change Mitigation ............................................................................. 18 3.6 SA Objective 5: Climate Change Adaption .............................................................................. 19 3.7 SA Objective 6: Natural Resources ............................................................................................. 19 3.8 SA Objective 7: Pollution ................................................................................................................ 20 3.9 SA Objective 8: Waste ..................................................................................................................... 20 3.10 SA Objective 9: Transport and Accessibility ............................................................................ 21 3.11 SA Objective 10: Housing ................................................................................................................. 21 3.12 SA Objective 11: Health ..................................................................................................................... 22 3.13 SA Objective 12: Employment ....................................................................................................... 22 4 Pre-Mitigation Assessment Findings .................................................................................................. 23 4.2 North East of Chesham – Option 1 .............................................................................................. 25 4.3 Area South of Holmer Green – Option 2 .................................................................................. 29 4.4 Area East of Hazlemere – Option 3 ............................................................................................ 33 4.5 Area South of London Road West, Amersham Old Town – Option 4 .......................... 36 4.6 Area South East of Whielden Street, Amersham Old Town – Option 5 ...................... 39 4.7 Area South of Little Chalfont – Option 6 ................................................................................. 42 4.8 National Epilepsy Centre, Chalfont St Peter – Option 7 ..................................................... 45 4.9 Area South East of Chalfont St Peter – Option 8 ................................................................. 48 4.10 Area East of Beaconsfield – Option 9 ........................................................................................ 51 4.11 Land North of Denham Roundabout – Option 10 ................................................................. 55 4.12 Land North of Iver Heath, South East of Pinewood – Option 11 ...................................... 58 4.13 Area West of Iver Heath – Option 12 .......................................................................................... 61 4.14 Area North of Iver Station – Option 13 ...................................................................................... 64 4.15 Area to the East of Ridgeway Business Park, Iver – Option 14 ....................................... 68 4.16 Land Adjacent to Taplow Station – Option 15 ........................................................................ 72 5 Summary of Pre-Mitigation Findings ................................................................................................... 75 5.2 Summary of Sustainability Performance Against SEA Topics ......................................... 76 5.3 Housing .................................................................................................................................................. 76 © Lepus Consulting for Chiltern and South Bucks District Councils i Chiltern and South Bucks SA Green Belt Preferred Options September 2017 LC-330_SBucks_&_Chilterns_GB_SA_18_290917DS.docx 5.4 Biodiversity .......................................................................................................................................... 76 5.5 Population and Human Health ....................................................................................................... 77 5.6 Soil ............................................................................................................................................................ 77 5.7 Water ...................................................................................................................................................... 78 5.8 Air ............................................................................................................................................................ 78 5.9 Climatic Factors ................................................................................................................................. 79 5.10 Cultural Assets .................................................................................................................................... 79 5.11 Landscape ............................................................................................................................................ 79 6 Mitigation Recommendations ................................................................................................................ 80 6.2 Mitigation recommendations for SA Objectives .................................................................... 81 6.3 SA Objective 1: Cultural Heritage ................................................................................................ 82 6.4 SA Objective 2: Landscape ............................................................................................................ 82 6.5 SA Objective 3: Biodiversity .......................................................................................................... 83 6.6 SA Objective 4: Climate Change Mitigation ...........................................................................