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Central Lincolnshire Local Plan Site Allocations Sequential Test October 2015 Contents Introduction ...................................................................................................................................................................... 1 National Policy and Guidance ........................................................................................................................................... 1 Methodology ..................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Housing allocations methodology................................................................................................................................. 2 Gypsy and Traveller Site allocations ............................................................................................................................. 3 Employment allocations methodology ......................................................................................................................... 3 Understanding the Sequential Test Tables ....................................................................................................................... 4 Applying the Sequential Test to Residential Allocations .................................................................................................. 5 Lincoln Strategy Area .................................................................................................................................................... 5 Lincoln Urban Area – Preferred Allocations .............................................................................................................. 5 Lincoln Urban Area – Reasonable Alternatives ......................................................................................................... 7 Villages in the Lincoln Strategy Area – Preferred Allocations ................................................................................. 10 Villages in the Lincoln Strategy Area – Reasonable Alternatives ............................................................................ 11 Gainsborough .............................................................................................................................................................. 16 Gainsborough – Preferred Allocations .................................................................................................................... 16 Gainsborough – Reasonable Alternatives ............................................................................................................... 18 Sleaford ....................................................................................................................................................................... 19 Sleaford – Preferred Allocations ............................................................................................................................. 19 Sleaford – Reasonable Alternatives ........................................................................................................................ 19 Settlements not within the Lincoln Strategy Area ...................................................................................................... 21 Other Settlements – Preferred Allocations ............................................................................................................. 21 Other Settlements – Reasonable Alternatives ........................................................................................................ 22 Broad Locations for Future Growth ............................................................................................................................ 25 Applying the Sequential Test to Gypsy and Traveller Sites ............................................................................................. 27 Conclusions ..................................................................................................................................................................... 28 APPENDIX A – Tables from PPG ...................................................................................................................................... 29 October 15 Introduction The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) requires that Local Plans should take account of climate change over the longer term, including factors such as flood risk. New development should be planned to avoid increased vulnerability and to direct development away from areas with the highest risk from flooding, but where necessary making it safe without increasing flood risk elsewhere. The approach to managing development and flood risk in Local Plan site allocations seeks to ensure that development sites will be situated in areas at little or no risk of flooding, wherever possible. This sequential test ensures that flooding is taken into account in the selection of sites and ensures that developers do not waste their time promoting proposals which are inappropriate in flooding terms. This sequential test has been produced in accordance with national policy and guidance and has been used to inform the decisions on which sites to allocate in the Central Lincolnshire Local Plan. National Policy and Guidance The NPPF provides a clear expectation that Local Planning Authorities should take full account of climate change and flood risk through the adoption of proactive strategies for mitigation and adaptation. More specifically in paragraph 100 the NPPF states that ‘inappropriate development in areas at risk of flooding should be avoided by directing development away from areas at highest risk.’ It goes onto state: ‘Local Plans should apply a sequential, risk-based approach to the location of development to avoid where possible flood risk to people and property and manage any residual risk, taking account of the impacts of climate change, by: applying the Sequential Test; if necessary, applying the Exception Test; safeguarding land from development that is required for current and future flood management; using opportunities offered by new development to reduce the causes and impacts of flooding; and where climate change is expected to increase flood risk so that some existing development may not be sustainable in the long-term, seeking opportunities to facilitate the relocation of development, including housing, to more sustainable locations.’ Paragraph 101 states: ‘The aim of the Sequential Test is to steer new development to areas with the lowest probability of flooding. Development should not be allocated or permitted if there are reasonably available sites appropriate for the proposed development in areas with a lower probability of flooding. The Strategic Flood Risk Assessment will provide the basis for applying this test. A sequential approach should be used in areas known to be at risk from any form of flooding.’ Paragraph 102 states: ‘If, following application of the Sequential Test, it is not possible, consistent with wider sustainability objectives, for the development to be located in zones with a lower probability of flooding, the Exception Test can be applied if appropriate. For the Exception Test to be passed: it must be demonstrated that the development provides wider sustainability benefits to the community that outweigh flood risk, informed by a Strategic Flood Risk Assessment where one has been prepared; and a site-specific flood risk assessment must demonstrate that the development will be safe for its lifetime taking account of the vulnerability of its users, without increasing flood risk elsewhere, and, where possible, will reduce flood risk overall. Both elements of the test will have to be passed for development to be allocated or permitted.’ 1 October 15 The National Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) provides additional guidance on the implementation of this policy to guide how flooding is intended to be taken into account in the production of a Local Plan and the site allocation process. Diagram 2 of the PPG as shown below shows this process: The tables referred to in the above diagram set out what the flood zones are (Table 1), the flood risk vulnerability classification of different uses (Table 2), and the flood risk vulnerability and flood zone ‘compatibility’ (Table 3). These tables are included in Appendix 1 of this document for reference. Essentially the sequential test is intended to ensure that areas at little or no risk of flooding from any source are developed in preference to areas at higher risk. Methodology The methodology is broken up into separate sections, one for residential, one for Gypsy and Traveller sites, and one for employment uses as the allocation of these different uses have been considered through separate processes with different considerations for how to distribute and allocate sites. Housing allocations methodology The methodology of the sequential test for Central Lincolnshire housing site allocations has followed the approach advised in the PPG, prioritising sites with little or no risk of flooding above sites with greater risk, and only considering sites at greater risk where no other suitable alternatives are available. However, the sequential approach has also sought to take into account the overall strategy and distribution that are being applied in the Local Plan. The strategy and distribution elements are central to the delivery of the Local Plan and are key to delivering sustainable development.

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