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SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE DISTRICT SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL REPORT OF THE SOUTH OXFORDSHIRE LOCAL PLAN PREFERRED OPTIONS 2 STAGE FOUR OF THE PROCESS MARCH 2017 South Oxfordshire District Council 135 Eastern Avenue Milton Park Milton OX14 4SB [email protected] www.southoxon.gov.uk/newlocalplan 01235 422600 Contents Contents ................................................................................................................. 2 The Local Plan 2033: What have we done so far................................................... 10 The Second Preferred Options Document ............................................................. 11 What does the Preferred Options document do? ................................................... 11 Sustainability Appraisal Consultation ..................................................................... 12 SEA Directive ......................................................................................................... 12 Sustainability Appraisal Methodology .................................................................... 17 Stage B: Developing and refining alternatives and assessing effects ............ 31 Vision and Objectives ............................................................................................ 32 Our Vision for 2033 ................................................................................................ 32 Sustainability Appraisal of the Local Plan Strategic Objectives ............................. 34 Local Plan Distribution Strategy ............................................................................. 38 Meeting our housing and employment needs ........................................................ 51 How Many New Homes Alternative Options .......................................................... 52 Wider Housing Market Area ................................................................................... 60 Science Vale & Didcot ........................................................................................... 70 Didcot Garden Town .............................................................................................. 71 Option 1 Chalgrove Airfield .................................................................................. 104 Option 2 Harrington Junction 7 M40 .................................................................... 112 Option 3 Grenoble Road ...................................................................................... 119 Option 4 Wick Farm ............................................................................................. 127 Option 5 Thornhill ................................................................................................. 136 Option 6 Lower Elsfield ........................................................................................ 143 Option 7 Culham .................................................................................................. 152 Land at Berinsfield ............................................................................................... 172 Land at Wheatley Campus ................................................................................... 184 Henley-on-Thames .............................................................................................. 197 Larger Villages ..................................................................................................... 209 Nettlebed ............................................................................................................. 209 Crowmarsh Gifford .............................................................................................. 219 Employment ......................................................................................................... 233 4. Sustainability Appraisal Part Two Preferred Options ................................. 240 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 240 Approach to the Appraisal .................................................................................... 240 Strengthening the heart of South Oxfordshire ...................................................... 242 The Preferred Strategy ........................................................................................ 242 Meeting our Housing and Employment Needs Preferred Options ....................... 247 Wider Housing Market Area Preferred Option ..................................................... 251 Didcot and Science Vale ...................................................................................... 255 Strengthening the Heart of the District ............................................................ 257 Culham ................................................................................................................ 260 Berinsfield ............................................................................................................ 276 Land at Chalgrove ................................................................................................ 284 Land at Wheatley Campus ................................................................................... 295 Henley-on-Thames .............................................................................................. 304 Thame .................................................................................................................. 309 Wallingford ........................................................................................................... 311 5. DELIVERING NEW HOMES ........................................................................ 314 Policy H4ii – Didcot Gateway ............................................................................... 327 Policy H4iii – Hadden Hill (Didcot) ....................................................................... 330 Housing Allocations at Nettlebed ......................................................................... 335 Housing Allocations at Crowmarsh Gifford .......................................................... 343 6. EMPLOYMENT AND ECONOMY ................................................................ 350 SA of the Local Plan Polices ............................................................................. 352 Cumulative effects ............................................................................................. 382 Cumulative effects linked to traffic growth ............................................................ 382 Cumulative effects landscape and visual impacts ................................................ 385 Habitats Regulation Assessment ..................................................................... 386 Recommendations that have been integrated in the plan development ....... 387 MONITORING...................................................................................................... 390 What happens next? .......................................................................................... 392 LIST OF ACRONYMS .............................................................................................. 393 Table 1 SEA Regulations, where requirements are met in this SA Report ............ 13 Table 2 South Oxfordshire’s sustainability challenges ............ 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Table 3 Sustainability Appraisal Objectives ........................................................... 25 Table 4 Links between the SA Objectives and the SEA Directive issues ............... 30 Table 5 Local Plan distribution strategy alternative options reasons for inclusion . 38 Table 6 Distribution Strategy Comparison of Options A - H ................................... 41 Table 7 SA Summary of Key findings housing distribution options: A - H .............. 41 Table 8 Reason for Selection of the Preferred Strategy ......................................... 48 Table 9 housing figures reason for inclusion .......................................................... 52 Table 10 Comparison of SA Scoring of Housing Figures Assessed ...................... 53 Table 11 SA Summary of Key findings for SA Summary of Key findings for potential Additional Housing figures ....................................................................... 54 Table 12 Housing figures reason for rejection, reason for selection ...................... 58 Table 13 Wider housing market area reason for inclusion of alternative options ... 61 Table 14 Unmet need comparison of options assessed ........................................ 62 Table 15 SA Summary of the options for Oxford Cities, unmet housing need ....... 62 Table 16 Reason for Rejection and Selection of the Option for the Wider Housing Market .................................................................................................................... 69 Table 17 Reason for Inclusion of Alternative Options for Didcot ............................ 71 Table 18 Didcot comparison of the options for further housing growth .................. 71 Table 19 Didcot further growth at Didcot summary ................................................ 72 Table 20 Didcot alternative options reason for rejection, reason for selection ....... 79 Table 21 Didcot Hadden Hill SA Summary of Key Issues ...................................... 81 Table 22 Didcot A SA Summary of Key Issues ...................................................... 87 Table 23 Gateway SA Summary of Key Issues ..................................................... 93 Table