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Greater Nottingham Broxtowe Borough Council Erewash Borough Council Gedling Borough Council Nottingham City Council Sustainability Appraisal Publication Version June 2012 Greater Nottingham – Broxtowe, Erewash, Gedling and Nottingham City Aligned Core Strategies Sustainability Appraisal Report This page is intentionally blank. The maps produced in this document are copyright. © Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Licence No. 100021246 2011. 1 Greater Nottingham – Broxtowe, Erewash, Gedling and Nottingham City Aligned Core Strategies Sustainability Appraisal Report Contents Non-Technical Summary 1 Introduction to Sustainability Appraisal....................................................................................................1 Period of Representations........................................................................................................................2 Habitats Regulations Assessment and Appropriate Assessment............................................................3 Equality Impact Assessment....................................................................................................................3 Development of the Aligned Core Strategies...........................................................................................4 Development of the Sustainability Appraisal............................................................................................5 Baseline and Key Issues for the Plan Areas............................................................................................6 District Spatial Portraits............................................................................................................................8 Sustainability Appraisal Framework.........................................................................................................8 Testing the Aligned Core Strategies Objectives Against the Sustainability Appraisal Framework..........9 Developing and Appraising the Core Strategies Strategic Options .......................................................10 Developing and Appraising the Core Strategies Site Options ...............................................................13 Developing and Appraising the Core Strategies Policies ......................................................................16 Sustainability Impacts of the Policies.....................................................................................................19 Monitoring...............................................................................................................................................21 What Happens Next?.............................................................................................................................22 Key to Sustainability Appraisal Outcomes .............................................................................................23 Section 1: Introduction 24 Period of Representations......................................................................................................................24 Greater Nottingham Aligned Core Strategies – Broxtowe, Erewash, Gedling and Nottingham City.....26 Development of the Aligned Core Strategies.........................................................................................27 Development of the Sustainability Appraisal..........................................................................................29 Section 2: Sustainability Appraisal and Strategic Environmental Assessment 32 Sustainability Appraisal..........................................................................................................................32 Strategic Environmental Assessment ....................................................................................................32 Habitats Regulations Assessment and Appropriate Assessment..........................................................33 Equality Impact Assessment..................................................................................................................34 Sustainability Appraisal Methodology ....................................................................................................35 Sustainability Appraisal Process for the Aligned Core Strategies .........................................................36 Section 3: Baseline Data and Characteristics 39 Greater Nottingham Spatial Portrait / Local Distinctiveness..................................................................39 Broxtowe Spatial Portrait / Local Distinctiveness...................................................................................44 Erewash Spatial Portrait / Local Distinctiveness....................................................................................46 Gedling Spatial Portrait / Local Distinctiveness .....................................................................................49 Nottingham City Spatial Portrait / Local Distinctiveness ........................................................................50 Section 4: Assessment of ‘No Core Strategies’ Scenario 54 Conclusion .............................................................................................................................................56 2 Greater Nottingham – Broxtowe, Erewash, Gedling and Nottingham City Aligned Core Strategies Sustainability Appraisal Report Section 5: The Scoping Stage 57 Revisions to the Sustainability Appraisal Framework ............................................................................57 Section 6: Testing the Aligned Core Strategies Objectives against the Sustainability Appraisal Framework 59 Aligned Core Strategies Objectives .......................................................................................................59 Appraisal Findings of Spatial Objectives Against the Sustainability Appraisal Framework...................62 Section 7: Developing and Appraising Strategic Options 66 A. Housing Growth Options....................................................................................................................66 B. Growth Scenarios including Growth Options for Rushcliffe...............................................................69 C. Spatial Options ..................................................................................................................................71 D. Employment Growth Options ............................................................................................................72 E. Alternative Approaches to Policies ....................................................................................................74 Section 8: Developing and Appraising the Site Options 77 Sustainability Evidence Base Schedules...............................................................................................77 Site and Settlement Options for each Council .......................................................................................78 Section 9: Development Site and Settlement Options – Broxtowe Borough Council 82 Housing Growth Options........................................................................................................................82 Broxtowe Spatial Strategy Summary .....................................................................................................83 Sites included in Policy ..........................................................................................................................86 Key Settlements Identified for Growth ...................................................................................................87 Excluded sites ........................................................................................................................................89 Section 10: Development Site and Settlement Options – Erewash Borough Council 91 Overall Spatial Strategy for Growth Planned for Erewash – 6,250 dwellings........................................91 Rural Growth ..........................................................................................................................................96 Key settlements identified for growth (Subsequently rejected)..............................................................97 Section 11: Development Site and Settlement Options – Gedling Borough Council 99 Housing Growth Options........................................................................................................................99 Spatial Strategy Summary ...................................................................................................................100 Sustainable Urban Extensions.............................................................................................................103 Sites in or adjoining the Existing Built Up Area of Nottingham ............................................................104 Key Settlements Identified for Growth .................................................................................................106 Section 12: Development Site Options – Nottingham City Council 109 Section 13: Developing and Appraising the Core Strategies Policies 115 Policy 1: Climate Change .........................................................................................................116 Policy 2: The Spatial Strategy ..................................................................................................116 Policy 3: The Green Belt ...........................................................................................................116