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Strategic Development Locations Design Brief Spds and Infrastructure Delivery and Sustainability Appraisal Contributions SPD Wokingham Borough Council Strategic Development Locations Design Brief SPDs and Infrastructure Delivery and Sustainability Appraisal Contributions SPD Wokingham Borough Council CONTENTS 1.0 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Purpose of this report...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Background ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Sustainability Appraisal/ Strategic Environmental Assessment............................................................................................................................... 10 Consultation 15 June –27 July 2011............................................................................................................................................................................. 12 2.0 THE SA METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................................................................................................. 15 Overview.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 15 Compatibility Scoring System ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 17 3.0 SETTING THE CONTEXT................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Links to Relevant Policies, Plans and Programmes................................................................................................................................................... 18 Collecting the Baseline Information............................................................................................................................................................................. 19 Strategic Development Locations Baseline Characteristics ..................................................................................................................................... 20 Evolution of the Baseline .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 31 Testing the Strategic Development Locations Objectives against the Sustainability Objectives......................................................................... 37 Data Limitations ............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 38 Sustainability Objectives............................................................................................................................................................................................... 38 4.0 THE PLAN: ISSUES AND ALTERNATIVES ....................................................................................................................................................... 46 Assessment of Alternatives and Why the Preferred Options Were Chosen............................................................................................................ 46 Constraints and Opportunities ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 47 Alternatives and Preferred Options.............................................................................................................................................................................. 51 South Wokingham ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 51 Arborfield Garrison...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 55 South of the M4 Motorway.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 59 North Wokingham........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 64 Reasons for Selecting the Preferred Options ............................................................................................................................................................. 69 The Assessment of Alternatives................................................................................................................................................................................... 69 5.0 SUSTAINABILITY APPRAISAL OF THE SDL SPDS AND INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY AND CONTRIBUTIONS SPD......................... 72 Summary ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 72 Likely Significant Effects of the Preferred Options and Infrastructure SPD............................................................................................................ 73 1 October 2011 Strategic Development Locations Design Brief SPDs and Infrastructure Delivery and Sustainability Appraisal Contributions SPD Wokingham Borough Council 6.0 CONCLUSIONS................................................................................................................................................................................................... 94 Summary ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 94 South Wokingham ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 95 North Wokingham........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 99 South of the M4.......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 103 Arborfield Garrison.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 106 7.0 IMPLEMENTATION............................................................................................................................................................................................. 109 Proposals for Monitoring............................................................................................................................................................................................. 109 8.0 APPENDICES................................................................................................................................................................................................... 110 APPENDIX A ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 111 APPENDIX B ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 198 APPENDIX C ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 220 2 October 2011 Strategic Development Locations Design Brief SPDs and Infrastructure Delivery and Sustainability Appraisal Contributions SPD Wokingham Borough Council 1.0 INTRODUCTION Purpose of this report 1.1 David Lock Associates was appointed to undertake the Sustainability Appraisal (SA) for Wokingham Borough Council’s four Design Brief Supplementary Planning Documents and accompanying Infrastructure Delivery and Contributions SPD. The sustainability appraisal is effectively a ‘decision aiding’ process that takes on board a broader range of perspectives, evidence and constraints for the benefit of the decision-makers. It also documents
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