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NCC Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report Norfolk County Council SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL SCOPING REPORT Norfolk Local Transport Plan Draft Strategy, Transport for Norwich, Kings Lynn and Great Yarmouth Transport Strategies JULY 2020 PUBLIC Norfolk County Council SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL SCOPING REPORT Norfolk Local Transport Plan Draft Strategy, Transport for Norwich, Kings Lynn and Great Yarmouth Transport Strategies TYPE OF DOCUMENT (VERSION) PUBLIC PROJECT NO. 70072839 DATE: JULY 2020 PUBLIC Norfolk County Council SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL SCOPING REPORT Norfolk Local Transport Plan Draft Strategy, Transport for Norwich, Kings Lynn and Great Yarmouth Transport Strategies WSP Kings Orchard 1 Queen Street Bristol BS2 0HQ Phone: +44 117 930 6200 WSP.com PUBLIC QUALITY CONTROL Issue/revision First issue Final Draft Final Final Update Final Post- for Review Consultation Remarks Draft Final Draft Final for Final Update Final Post- Consultation Consultation Date 22/01/2019 May 2019 October 2019 June 2020 July 2020 Prepared by Safia Bibi Safia Bibi Safia Bibi Mabel Munoz- Mabel Munoz- Devesa Devesa Signature Checked by Fiona Symes Fiona Symes Mabel Munoz- Ursula Ursula Devesa Stevenson Stevenson Signature Authorised by Ursula Ursula Ursula Ursula Ursula Stevenson Stevenson Stevenson Stevenson Stevenson Signature Project number 70050207 70050207 70050207 70072839 70072839 File reference \\uk.wspgrou \\uk.wspgroup.c \\uk.wspgroup.c TBC p.com\centra om\central om\central l data\Projects\70 data\Projects\70 data\Projects 0502XX\700502 0502XX\700502 \700502XX\7 07 - Transport 07 - Transport 0050207 - for Norwich for Norwich Transport for SA\Reports SA\Reports Norwich Issued\Final Issued\Final SA\Reports Issue Issue Issued\Draft 1 SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL SCOPING REPORT PUBLIC | WSP Project No.: 70072839 July 2020 Norfolk County Council CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1 STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT 1 SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL 1 1.2 SCOPING REPORT 4 PURPOSE OF THIS SCOPING REPORT 4 CONSULTATION ON THIS SCOPING REPORT 4 NEXT STEPS 6 1.3 RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER PROCESSES 7 2 TRANSPORT STRATEGIES 9 2.1 INTRODUCTION 9 2.2 NORFOLK LOCAL TRANSPORT PLAN STRATEGY 9 OVERVIEW 9 VISION AND AIMS 9 2.3 TRANSPORT FOR NORWICH STRATEGY 10 OVERVIEW 10 GUIDING PRINCIPLES 10 DELIVERY THEMES 10 2.4 GREAT YARMOUTH TRANSPORT STRATEGY 11 OVERVIEW 11 VISION AND OBJECTIVES 12 2.5 KING’S LYNN TRANSPORT STRATEGY 12 OVERVIEW 12 VISION AND OBJECTIVES 13 SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL SCOPING REPORT PUBLIC | WSP Project No.: 70072839 July 2020 Norfolk County Council 3 IDENTIFYING THE SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES 14 3.1 INTRODUCTION 14 3.2 OVERARCHING POLICY AND LEGISLATION 14 LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL 14 3.3 TRANSPORT 15 LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL POLICY AND LEGISLATION 15 SUMMARY OF CURRENT BASELINE 15 FUTURE TRENDS 20 SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES 21 3.4 POPULATION 22 RELEVANCE TO TRANSPORT STRATEGIES 22 POLICY AND LEGISLATION 22 SUMMARY OF CURRENT BASELINE 22 FUTURE TRENDS 24 SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES 26 3.5 AIR QUALITY 26 RELEVANCE TO TRANSPORT STRATEGIES 26 POLICY AND LEGISLATION 26 SUMMARY OF CURRENT BASELINE 26 FUTURE TRENDS 31 SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES 31 3.6 BIODIVERSITY 31 RELEVANCE TO TRANSPORT STRATEGIES 31 POLICY AND LEGISLATION 31 SUMMARY OF CURRENT BASELINE 31 FUTURE TRENDS 37 SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES 38 3.7 CLIMATE CHANGE 38 RELEVANCE TO TRANSPORT STRATEGIES 38 POLICY AND LEGISLATION 38 SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL SCOPING REPORT PUBLIC | WSP Project No.: 70072839 July 2020 Norfolk County Council SUMMARY OF CURRENT BASELINE 39 FUTURE TRENDS 43 SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES 44 3.8 COMMUNITY AND ACCESS 44 RELEVANCE TO TRANSPORT STRATEGIES 44 POLICY AND LEGISLATION 44 SUMMARY OF CURRENT BASELINE 45 FUTURE TRENDS 48 SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES 48 3.9 CULTURAL HERITAGE AND THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT 49 RELEVANCE TO TRANSPORT STRATEGIES 49 POLICY AND LEGISLATION 49 SUMMARY OF CURRENT BASELINE 49 FUTURE TRENDS 52 SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES 52 3.10 ECONOMY AND EMPLOYMENT 52 RELEVANCE TO TRANSPORT STRATEGIES 52 POLICY & LEGISLATION 52 SUMMARY OF CURRENT BASELINE 52 FUTURE TRENDS 56 SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES 58 3.11 HEALTH 58 RELEVANCE TO TRANSPORT STRATEGIES 58 POLICY AND LEGISLATION 58 SUMMARY OF CURRENT BASELINE 59 FUTURE TRENDS 62 SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES 62 3.12 LANDSCAPE AND TOWNSCAPE 62 RELEVANCE TO TRANSPORT STRATEGIES 62 POLICY AND LEGISLATION 62 SUMMARY OF CURRENT BASELINE 63 SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL SCOPING REPORT PUBLIC | WSP Project No.: 70072839 July 2020 Norfolk County Council FUTURE TRENDS 65 SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES 65 3.13 NOISE 65 RELEVANCE TO TRANSPORT STRATEGIES 65 POLICY AND LEGISLATION 65 SUMMARY OF CURRENT BASELINE 65 FUTURE TRENDS 66 SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES 66 3.14 SOILS AND RESOURCES 67 RELEVANCE TO TRANSPORT STRATEGIES 67 POLICY AND LEGISLATION 67 SUMMARY OF CURRENT BASELINE 67 FUTURE TRENDS 70 SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES 70 3.15 WATER RESOURCES AND FLOODING 71 RELEVANCE TO TRANSPORT STRATEGIES 71 POLICY AND LEGISLATION 71 SUMMARY OF CURRENT BASELINE 72 FUTURE TRENDS 74 SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES 75 4 SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL FRAMEWORK 76 4.1 INTRODUCTION 76 4.2 APPRAISAL FRAMEWORK 76 5 CONSULTATION 85 5.1 CONSULTATION 85 5.2 NEXT STAGE OF SA/SEA CONSULTATION 85 SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL SCOPING REPORT PUBLIC | WSP Project No.: 70072839 July 2020 Norfolk County Council TABLES Table 1-1 - SEA Statutory Consultees Responses 4 Table 3-1 - Traffic counts for Norfolk, East of England and Great Britain 16 Table 3-2 - Mid-2017 year Norfolk Population 22 Table 3-3 - Market town populations 23 Table 3-4 - 2016 based subnational population projections for Norfolk 24 Table 3-5 - Percentage of population over the age of 65 trends for each district 25 Table 3-6 - Norfolk AQMAs 27 Table 3-7 - Norfolk RAMSAR Sites 32 Table 3-8 - Norfolk SAC Sites 33 Table 3-9 - Norfolk SPA Sites 34 Table 3-10 - Norfolk SPA Sites 34 Table 3-11 - Norfolk NNR Sites 35 Table 3-12 - Norfolk LNR Sites 36 Table 3-13 - Transport CO2 Emissions for Local Authorities in Norfolk 41 Table 3-14 - Emissions related to industrial sources 43 Table 3-15 - Population in districts of Norfolk living in the most deprived 10% of areas nationally 45 Table 3-16 - Number of conservation areas, listed buildings and scheduled monuments within each district 51 Table 3-17 - Employee Jobs by Industry Table 53 Table 3-18 - Businesses by size in Norfolk (2018) 54 Table 3-19 - Life expectancy in Norfolk and the UK at Birth (2015-2017 projections) 59 Table 3-20 - Population estimates for all persons by broad age group for 2017 60 Table 3-21 - Norfolk LCAs 63 Table 3-22 - NIA's in Norfolk 66 Table 3-23 - Allocated waste site locations in Norfolk 69 Table 3-24 - Existing landfill sites in Norfolk 70 Table 3-25 - Main Rivers in Norfolk 72 Table 4-1 - Sustainability Appraisal Framework 77 SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL SCOPING REPORT PUBLIC | WSP Project No.: 70072839 July 2020 Norfolk County Council FIGURES Figure 1-1 - SEA/SA Process and Summary of the LTP Process 3 Figure 3-1 - Annual concentration of human made fine particulate matter (PM2.5) as an area level across the East of England, adjusted to account for population exposure 29 Figure 3-2 - Annual concentration of human made fine particulate matter (PM2.5) at district level across Norfolk, adjusted to account for population exposure 29 Figure 3-3 - Total UK Greenhouse Gas emissions, 1990-2017 (MtCO2e) 40 Figure 3-4 - Total Gross Value Added (GVA) in Norfolk 55 Figure 3-5 - Number of people killed or seriously injured in road traffic collisions 61 APPENDICES SCOPING CONSULTATION RESPONSES SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL SCOPING REPORT PUBLIC | WSP Project No.: 70072839 July 2020 Norfolk County Council ABBREVIATIONS ABP Association British Port AONB Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty AQMA Air Quality Management Area BMV Best Most Versatile CO2 CO2 Carbon Dioxide cSAC Candidate Special Area of Conservation DPD Development Plan Document GHG Greenhouse Gas GVA Gross Value Added ha Hectare HRA Habitats Regulation Assessment IMD Index of Multiple Deprivation IROPI Imperative Reasons of Overriding Public Interest Kt Kiloton LCA Landscape Character Area LCCC Low Carbon Communities Challenge LEA Local Economic Assessment LEP Local Enterprise Partnership LNR Local Nature Reserves LSOA Lower- layer Super Output Areas LTP Local Transport Plan MCZ Marine Conservation Zones MtCO2e Million tonnes (Mt) carbon dioxide equivalent NAQS National Air Quality Strategy NATS Norwich Area Transportation Strategy NCC Norfolk County Council SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL SCOPING REPORT PUBLIC | WSP Project No.: 70072839 July 2020 Norfolk County Council NIA Noise Important Area NLTP4 Norfolk Local Transport Plan 4 NMU Non-Motorised User NNR National Nature Reserve NO2 Nitrogen Dioxide NPA Norwich Policy Area NWL Norwich Western Link ONS Office of National Statistics PM Particulate Matter pSAC Possible Special Area of Conservation pSPA Potential Special Protection Area SA Sustainability Appraisal SAC Special Area of Conservation SEA Strategic Environmental Assessment SFRA Strategic Flood Risk Assessment SIDP Strategic Infrastructure Development Plan SPA Special Protection Area SSSI Sites of Special Scientific Interest TfN Transport for Norwich WFD Water Frameworks Directive SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL SCOPING REPORT PUBLIC | WSP Project No.: 70072839 July 2020 Norfolk County Council 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION 1.1.1. Norfolk County Council (NCC) has commissioned WSP to undertake a Sustainability Appraisal (SA) that incorporates the requirement of a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the following four transport strategies: The Draft Norfolk Local Transport Plan 4 (NLTP4) Strategy;
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