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Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report The Baldons NEIGHBOURHOOD DEVELOPMENT PLAN Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report Status: Draft Date: November 2017 Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 4 1.1 Report purpose ................................................................................................................ 4 1.2 Background ....................................................................................................................... 4 1.2.1 General ...................................................................................................................... 4 1.2.2 The Parish Plan .......................................................................................................... 6 1.3 Approach to SEA ............................................................................................................... 6 1.4 Process ............................................................................................................................. 8 1.4.1 Personnel .................................................................................................................. 8 1.4.2 Meetings ................................................................................................................... 9 1.4.3 Problems encountered ........................................................................................... 10 2 Policy context ........................................................................................................................ 10 2.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................... 10 2.2 Approach ........................................................................................................................ 11 3 Baseline assessment .............................................................................................................. 13 3.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................... 13 3.2 Biodiversity, fauna and flora .......................................................................................... 13 3.2.1 General .................................................................................................................... 13 3.2.2 Agricultural Land Classification ............................................................................... 16 3.3 Population, Housing and Human Health ........................................................................ 16 3.3.1 Population ............................................................................................................... 16 3.3.2 Housing ................................................................................................................... 17 3.3.3 Health ...................................................................................................................... 17 3.4 Economy and Employment ............................................................................................ 18 3.5 Physical Environment ..................................................................................................... 19 3.5.1 Soil ........................................................................................................................... 19 3.5.2 Water ...................................................................................................................... 20 3.5.3 Air quality ................................................................................................................ 20 3.5.4 Climate .................................................................................................................... 20 3.6 Material assets ............................................................................................................... 21 3.6.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 21 3.6.2 Summary of Assets .................................................................................................. 23 3.6.3 Residential Housing Types ...................................................................................... 25 3.6.4 Listed Buildings ....................................................................................................... 27 3.6.5 Other Material Assets ............................................................................................. 29 3.6.6 20th Century Development...................................................................................... 30 3.7 Cultural heritage ............................................................................................................. 31 3.7.1 Archaeology ............................................................................................................ 31 3.7.2 History ..................................................................................................................... 32 3.8 Landscape ....................................................................................................................... 34 3.8.1 Topography and Drainage....................................................................................... 34 3.8.2 Landscape ............................................................................................................... 35 3.8.3 Landscape Designations .......................................................................................... 39 3.9 The Baldons NDP survey results ..................................................................................... 40 3.9.1 Neighbourhood Plan Survey ................................................................................... 40 3.9.2 Consultation Paper.................................................................................................. 40 3.9.3 Response to the public consultation paper ............................................................ 40 3.9.4 Housing Needs Survey ............................................................................................ 45 3.9.5 Summary of findings ............................................................................................... 46 3.9.6 Summary of Local Affordable Housing Need .......................................................... 47 3.10 Community Life .............................................................................................................. 48 3.10.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 48 3.10.2 Churches ................................................................................................................. 48 3.10.3 The Seven Stars ....................................................................................................... 48 3.10.4 Baldon Feast ............................................................................................................ 48 3.10.5 Baldon Events Committee ...................................................................................... 49 3.10.6 Other clubs .............................................................................................................. 49 3.11 The interrelation between these issues ......................................................................... 49 3.12 SWOT Analysis ................................................................................................................ 49 4 Sustainability issues and challenges ...................................................................................... 50 4.1 Issues and challenges ..................................................................................................... 50 4.1.1 Environmental ......................................................................................................... 50 4.1.2 Social ....................................................................................................................... 51 4.1.3 Economic ................................................................................................................. 51 5 Sustainability Appraisal framework ....................................................................................... 51 5.1 Introduction.................................................................................................................... 51 5.2 Proposed Sustainability Objectives ................................................................................ 51 5.3 Cross check against policies ........................................................................................... 53 6. Next Steps ................................................................................................................................. 54 Appendix 1: List of relevant plans and programmes Appendix 2: Table to assess the policy context, baseline evidence and sustainability issues Appendix 3; Conservation Areas and Listed Buildings Appendix 4: Landscape Maps 1 Introduction 1.1 Report purpose This document is the scoping report for a Sustainability Appraisal (SA) incorporating the requirements for a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the Baldons Neighbourhood Development Plan (BNDP). The purpose of sustainability appraisal is to ensure that the principles of sustainable development are embodied into all levels of planning policy. To this end, it
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