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Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Loggerheads Neighbourhood Plan Environmental Report to Accompany Submission Version of the Neighbourhood Plan Strategic Environmental Assessment for the Loggerheads Neighbourhood Plan Environmental Report to accompany Submission Version of the Neighbourhood Plan January 2018 SEA for the Loggerheads Neighbourhood Plan Regulation 14 Environmental Report Quality information Group Prepared by Checked by Approved by Karen Watkins Ian McCluskey Nick Chisholm-Batten Alan Houghton Loggerheads Consultant Principal Consultant Technical Director Neighourhood Plan Steering Group Abi Rhodes Graduate Planner Prepared for: Loggerheads Neighbourhood Plan Steering Group Prepared by: AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited Bridgewater House, Whitworth Street, Manchester, M1 6LT +44 (0)161 907 3500 www.aecom.com © 2017 AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited. All Rights Reserved. This document has been prepared by AECOM Infrastructure & Environment UK Limited (“AECOM”) for sole use of our client (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. AECOM SEA for the Loggerheads Neighbourhood Plan Regulation 14 Environmental Report Table of Contents Non-Technical Summary 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background ................................................................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 SEA explained .............................................................................................................................................................. 2 1.3 Structure of this Environmental Report ........................................................................................................... 3 2. Local Plan context and vision for the LNP..................................................................................................... 4 2.1 Local Plan context for the LNP ............................................................................................................................ 4 2.2 Vision for the Loggerheads Neighbourhood Plan ..................................................................................... 4 3. The Scope of the SEA .......................................................................................................................................... 5 3.1 SEA Scoping Report ................................................................................................................................................. 5 3.2 Key sustainability / environmental issues ...................................................................................................... 6 3.3 SEA Framework ........................................................................................................................................................... 8 4. What has plan making / SEA involved to this point? ................................................................................ 10 4.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................ 10 4.2 Overview of plan making / SEA work undertaken ................................................................................... 10 4.3 Assessment of reasonable alternatives for the Neighbourhood Plan ......................................... 11 4.4 Current approach in the Neighbourhood Plan and the development of Neighbourhood Plan policies ............................................................................................................................ 13 5. What are the appraisal findings at this current stage? ........................................................................... 14 5.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................ 14 5.2 Approach to the appraisal ................................................................................................................................... 14 5.3 SEA Objective 1: Biodiversity ............................................................................................................................ 14 5.4 SEA Objective 2: Climate change mitigation ............................................................................................. 15 5.5 SEA Objective 3: Climate change resilience ............................................................................................. 16 5.6 SEA Objective 4: Built and natural environment ...................................................................................... 17 5.7 SEA Objective 5: Water ....................................................................................................................................... 18 5.8 SEA Objective 6: Housing ................................................................................................................................... 19 5.9 SEA Objective 7: Health and wellbeing ........................................................................................................ 20 5.10 SEA Objective 8: Travel and transport .......................................................................................................... 20 5.11 Conclusions at this current stage ................................................................................................................... 21 5.11.1 Potential significant effects ................................................................................................................................ 22 5.12 Recommendations at this current stage ..................................................................................................... 22 5.13 Monitoring ................................................................................................................................................................... 23 6. What are the next steps? .................................................................................................................................. 24 Appendix A - Scoping report ....................................................................................................................................... 25 Appendix B Site appraisal proformas ........................................................................................................................ 27 AECOM SEA for the Loggerheads Neighbourhood Plan Regulation 14 Environmental Report Non-Technical Summary What is strategic environmental assessment? A strategic environmental assessment has been undertaken to inform the Loggerheads Plan (LNP). This process is required by the SEA Regulations. Neighbourhood Plan groups use SEA to assess Neighbourhood Plans against a set of sustainability / environmental 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 Loggerheads Neighbourhood Plan? The Loggerhead Neighbourhood Plan (LNP) presents a plan for the administrative area of Loggerhead Parish for the period to 2033. The Plan has been prepared to be in conformity with planning policy for Newcastle under Lyme Borough Council; including the following: • Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke- on-Trent Joint Core Strategy (adopted, 2009). • Newcastle under Lyme Adopted Local Plan (Adopted 2011). • Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke- on-Trent Joint Local Plan (in preparation). The Neighbourhood Plan sets out a vision and a range of policies for the Neighbourhood Plan area. These relate to a range of topics, including, but not limited to, village centre development, transport, open space and housing. It is anticipated that the LNP will be published for Regulation 14 Consultation in November 2017. Purpose of the Environmental Report The Environmental Report, which accompanies the Submission Version of the LNP, is the third document to be produced as part of the SEA process. The first document was the SEA Scoping Report (September 2017), which includes information about the Neighbourhood Plan area’s environment and community. The second document was the SEA Report prepared alongside the Regulation 14 Consultation. The third document is essentially an update of the previous SEA Report to reflect changes made to the plan at this stage. The purpose of the Environmental Report is to: • Identify, describe and evaluate the likely significant effects of the LNP and alternatives; and • Provide an opportunity for consultees to offer views on any aspect of the SEA process, which has been carried out to date. The Environmental Report contains: • An outline of the contents and main objectives of the LNP and its relationship with other relevant policies, plans and programmes; • Relevant aspects of the current and future state of the environment and key sustainability / environmental issues; • The SEA Framework of
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