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Habitats Regulation Assessment for the Tandridge Local Plan 2033 And Our Local Plan Habitats Regulation Assessment for the Tandridge District Council Local Plan 2033 and Garden Community Appropriate Assessment Report January 2019 Local Plan Submission 2 CONTENTS Executive Summary .......................................................................................... 1 1. Introduction ................................................................................................ 3 1.1 Purpose of this Report ............................................................................ 3 1.2 Structure of this Document ..................................................................... 3 1.3 Consultation .......................................................................................... 4 2 Context ...................................................................................................... 5 2.1 The Tandridge District Local Plan 2033 ..................................................... 5 2.2 Habitats Regulations Assessment Legislation and Regulations ...................... 6 2.3 The Habitats Regulations Assessment Process ........................................... 8 2.4 The Protected European Sites ................................................................ 11 2.5 Other Relevant Plans and Strategies ....................................................... 19 3. Appropriate Assessment of the Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment SAC ............... 32 3.1 Citation, Qualifying Features, Conservation Objectives and Condition Status 32 3.2 Process of Assessment and Duty to Cooperate ......................................... 32 3.4 Recreational Disturbance Impact Pathways ............................................. 33 3.5 Hydrology Impact Pathways .................................................................. 40 3.6 Air Quality Impact Pathways .................................................................. 50 4. Appropriate Assessment of the Ashdown Forest SAC ...................................... 56 4.1 Citation, Qualifying Features, Conservation Objectives and Condition Status 56 4.2 Initial Screening Report (August 2017) ................................................... 56 4.3 Natural England Screening Opinion ........................................................... 57 4.4 Air Quality: Evidence Gathering into effects of Tandridge District Local Plan 57 4.5 Air Quality: Local Plan Considerations ..................................................... 60 5. Appropriate Assessment of the Ashdown Forest SPA ...................................... 62 5.1 Citation, Qualifying Features, Conservation Objectives and Condition Status 62 5.2 Initial Screening Report (August 2017) ................................................... 63 5.3 Natural England Screening Opinion ........................................................... 63 5.4 Background Evidence on Recreational Disturbance Impact Pathways .......... 64 5.5 Impact Avoidance and Mitigation Measures proposed by the Local Plan ....... 78 5.6 Recommended Local Plan Policy ............................................................. 83 3 5.7 Strategic Green Infrastructure at South Godstone .................................... 84 5.8 Partnership Working and Monitoring ....................................................... 91 6. Conclusions .............................................................................................. 93 Appendix 1: Site Citations ................................................................................ 94 Appendix 1a – Citation for Ashdown Forest SAC ............................................... 94 Appendix 1b – Citation for Ashdown Forest SPA ............................................... 95 Appendix 1c – Citation for Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment SAC ........................ 96 Appendix 2: Site of Special Scientific Condition Analysis....................................... 97 Appendix 2a – Ashdown Forest SSSI ............................................................... 97 Appendix 2b – Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment SSSI ....................................... 98 Appendix 3: Natural England Comments on Stage 1 Screening ............................. 99 Appendix 4: Exerts from Wealden DC Draft Background Paper – Ashdown Forest SPA Mitigation Zone ............................................................................................. 100 4 Executive Summary The purpose of the Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) of land use plans is to ensure that consideration is given to sites protected by European Directives as part of the development of planning policy. There are no protected sites within Tandridge District. There are however two protected sites within neighbouring districts which therefore, taking a precautionary approach, should be subject to the HRA process. These are: Ashdown Forest SAC and SPA; and, Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment SAC. This HRA is conducted in support of the emerging Tandridge District Council ‘Local Plan 2033’ (hereafter referred to as Local Plan). The report accompanies the Local Plan Regulation 19 consultation process and assesses potential impacts upon the Ashdown Forest and Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment. This report represents Stage 2 ‘Appropriate Assessment’ of the Habitats Regulations Assessment conducted in support of the Local Plan. The Appropriate Assessment has considered the following potential impacts upon the protected international sites, in combination with other projects or plans. Ashdown Forest SPA and SAC Recreational Disturbance Air Quality Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment SAC Recreational Disturbance Hydrology Air Quality These impacts were originally ‘screened in’ as part of Stage 1 ‘Screening’ of the HRA in August 2017. The Appropriate Assessment (AA) has investigated all the above potential impacts and demonstrated how they can be screened out as non-significant, mitigated or impacts avoided. The AA has also identified a number of Local Plan measures and policies that will have positive ecological and sustainability outcomes as part of good planning, as well as reducing the likelihood of effects occurring in future. Relevant Sections of the report containing further detail are as follows: Ashdown Forest SPA and SAC Recreational Disturbance: Section 5.5 -5.8. Air Quality: Section 4.5 1 Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment SAC: Recreational Disturbance: Sections 3.4.5, 3.4.6 Hydrology: Sections 3.5.6, 3.5.7 Air Quality: Section 3.6.4 As a consequence, provided the AA recommendations are followed through, it can be concluded that impacts of the Local Plan 2033 upon the international sites will be acceptable/non-significant. 2 1. Introduction 1.1 Purpose of this Report The purpose of the Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) of land use plans is to ensure that consideration is given to sites protected by European Directives as part of the development of planning policy. This HRA is conducted in support of the emerging Tandridge District Council ‘Local Plan 2033’ (hereafter referred to as Local Plan). The report accompanies the Local Plan Regulation 19 consultation process. HRA is a requirement of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 (as amended; ‘the Habitats Regulations’). The assessment focuses on the likely significant effects of the plan on the nature conservation interests of European-protected areas in and around the district, and seeks to establish whether or not there will be any adverse effects on the ecological integrity of these European sites as a result of proposals in the plan. The HRA is a staged process, essentially iterative, being revisited as necessary in response to more detailed information, recommendations and any relevant changes to the plan or project until no significant adverse effects remain. There are no protected sites within Tandridge District. However, there are two areas of protected sites within neighbouring districts which need to be considered as part of the HRA process. These are the Ashdown Forest SAC and SPA; and the Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment SAC. This report represents Stage 2 ‘Appropriate Assessment’ of the Habitats Regulations Assessment conducted in support of the Tandridge District Council Local Plan 2033. It follows an initial Stage 1 Screening (2017 Update) undertaken in August 2017, as well as previous iterations in 2015 and 2016. 1.2 Structure of this Document This report is in 6 parts and consists of this introduction and the following sections: Section 2 provides contextual information on both the Local Plan itself and the requirement to undertake a HRA for the Local Plan; Section 3 is the Appropriate Assessment of the Mole Gap to Reigate Escarpment SAC Section 4 is the Appropriate Assessment of the Ashdown Forest SAC Section 5 is the Appropriate Assessment of the Ashdown Forest SPA 3 Section 6 presents the Conclusions, Next Steps and Implications for the Local Plan 2033. 1.3 Consultation As required by regulations that relate to the HRA, this report is published for consultation for 6 weeks, between 9am 16 July 2018 and 5pm, 28 August 2018. Comments on this report can be sent to us by: Web Portal: http://consult.tandridge.gov.uk/portal/ Email: [email protected]; Post: Strategy Team, Tandridge District Council, Council Offices, Station Road East, RH8 0BT An electronic version of this document can be found online at www.tandridge.gov.uk/localplan. Comments made on the document after the end of the consultation period will not be accepted. More information about the Local Plan can be found on our webpage www.tandridge.gov.uk/localplan.
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