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Annex B – Baseline Information November 2012 Essex Minerals Local Plan Sustainability Appraisal and Strategic Environmental Assessment Environmental Report: Annex B – Baseline Information November 2012 Environmental Report - Annex B November 2012 Place Services at Essex County Council Environmental Report - Annex B November 2012 Contents 1. Introduction ..............................................................................................................................1 1.1. Background ........................................................................................................................1 1.2. Sustainability Baseline Information ....................................................................................1 2. Minerals.....................................................................................................................................2 2.1. Introduction.........................................................................................................................2 2.2. Hierarchal Approach...........................................................................................................2 2.3. Planned Provision ..............................................................................................................2 2.4. Movement of Minerals........................................................................................................6 2.5. Reduction in Sales .............................................................................................................6 2.6. Recycled Aggregates .........................................................................................................7 2.7. Restoration.........................................................................................................................9 2.8. Summary............................................................................................................................9 3. Waste.......................................................................................................................................11 3.1. Introduction.......................................................................................................................11 3.2. Waste Type Definitions ....................................................................................................11 3.2.1. Construction and Demolition (C&D) Waste ..............................................................11 3.2.2. Commercial and Industrial (C&I) Waste ...................................................................11 3.2.3. Municipal (Solid) Waste............................................................................................11 3.2.4. Hazardous Waste.....................................................................................................11 3.2.5. Agricultural Waste ....................................................................................................12 3.3. Existing Waste Facilities...................................................................................................12 3.4. Current Waste Arisings ....................................................................................................13 3.5. Total Construction and Demolition Waste Arisings to be Managed .................................13 3.5.1. Construction and Demolition Waste Arisings and Capacity .....................................14 3.6. Waste Management Facilities in Essex and Southend-on-Sea .......................................14 3.6.1. C&D Recycling facilities ...........................................................................................14 3.6.2. Inert Landfill Sites.....................................................................................................14 3.6.3. Non Hazardous Landfill Sites ...................................................................................14 3.7. Waste Arisings Scenarios ................................................................................................14 3.8. Summary..........................................................................................................................16 4. Cultural Heritage ....................................................................................................................18 4.1. Introduction.......................................................................................................................18 4.2. Listed Buildings ................................................................................................................18 4.3. Heritage At Risk Register.................................................................................................18 4.4. Archaeology, Recorded Sites and Finds in Essex ...........................................................19 4.5. Scheduled Monuments.....................................................................................................20 4.6. Conservation Areas..........................................................................................................20 4.7. Historic Parks and Gardens .............................................................................................20 4.8. Historic Battlefields...........................................................................................................21 4.9. Summary..........................................................................................................................21 5. Landscape ..............................................................................................................................22 5.1. Introduction.......................................................................................................................22 5.2. Agricultural Land ..............................................................................................................22 5.3. Landscape Character Areas.............................................................................................23 5.4. Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty...............................................................................24 5.5. Green Belt ........................................................................................................................25 5.6. Protected Lanes ...............................................................................................................26 5.7. Special Verges .................................................................................................................27 5.8. Summary..........................................................................................................................27 6. Biodiversity.............................................................................................................................29 6.1. Introduction.......................................................................................................................29 6.2. Flora and Fauna...............................................................................................................29 Place Services at Essex County Council Environmental Report - Annex B November 2012 6.3. Land Designations............................................................................................................29 6.3.1. Ramsar Sites............................................................................................................29 6.3.2. Special Protection Areas and Special Areas for Conservation.................................30 6.3.3. Sites of Specific Scientific Interest ...........................................................................31 6.3.4. National Nature Reserves ........................................................................................32 6.3.5. Local Nature Reserves.............................................................................................33 6.3.6. Local Wildlife Sites ...................................................................................................33 6.3.7. Woodlands ...............................................................................................................33 6.4. Summary..........................................................................................................................34 7. Water Quality..........................................................................................................................36 7.1. Introduction.......................................................................................................................36 7.2. Inland Water Resources in Essex ....................................................................................36 7.3. Water Supply in the East of England................................................................................38 7.4. River Basin Management Plan.........................................................................................38 7.4.1. Water Quality............................................................................................................38 7.5. Planning Applications Objected to by the Environment Agency on Water Quality Grounds40 7.6. Summary..........................................................................................................................41 8. Air Quality...............................................................................................................................43 8.1. Introduction.......................................................................................................................43
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