Integrated Sustainability Appraisal
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Report prepared to support the development of the Transport Strategy for the South East Integrated sustainability appraisal tfse.org.uk/transport-strategy Integrated Sustainability Appraisal Transport for the South East 23433701 April 2020 Integrated Sustainability Appraisal ISA Report Post Consultation Draft Prepared by: Prepared for: WSP on behalf of: Steer Steer Transport for the South East 28-32 Upper Ground London SE1 9PD +44 20 7910 5000 www.steergroup.com 23433701 Steer has prepared this material for Transport for the South East. This material may only be used within the context and scope for which Steer has prepared it and may not be relied upon in part or whole by any third party or be used for any other purpose. Any person choosing to use any part of this material without the express and written permission of Steer shall be deemed to confirm their agreement to indemnify Steer for all loss or damage resulting therefrom. Steer has prepared this material using professional practices and procedures using information available to it at the time and as such any new information could alter the validity of the results and conclusions made. Integrated Sustainability Appraisal Contents Non-Technical Summary ...................................................................................................... i Introduction ......................................................................................................................... i Integrated Sustainability Appraisal Methodology ............................................................... i Environmental Baseline .......................................................................................................ii Integrated Sustainability Appraisal .................................................................................... vi 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 11 2 Transport Strategy .................................................................................................. 14 2.1 Purpose of the Transport Strategy ......................................................................... 14 2.2 Elements of the Transport Strategy ....................................................................... 15 3 ISA Methodology .................................................................................................... 22 3.1 Component Processes ............................................................................................ 22 3.2 Natural Capital Approach ....................................................................................... 25 3.3 ISA of the Transport Strategy ................................................................................. 27 3.4 Limitations and Assumptions ................................................................................. 30 4 Identifying Sustainability Issues and Opportunities .................................................. 32 4.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 32 4.2 Policy Context ......................................................................................................... 32 4.3 Overview of Baseline .............................................................................................. 32 4.4 Sustainability Appraisal Framework ....................................................................... 41 5 Sustainability Appraisal ........................................................................................... 44 5.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 44 5.2 Consideration of Alternatives ................................................................................ 44 5.3 Assessment of Strategic Corridors ......................................................................... 44 5.4 Assessment of General Interventions .................................................................... 53 5.5 Interaction with other Assessments ...................................................................... 65 5.6 Cumulative Effects ................................................................................................. 66 5.7 Mitigation ............................................................................................................... 70 5.8 Monitoring ............................................................................................................. 75 6 Next Steps .............................................................................................................. 78 Steer has prepared this material for Transport for the South East. This material may only be used within the context and scope for which Steer has prepared it and may not be relied upon in part or whole by any third party or be used for any other purpose. Any person choosing to use any part of this material without the express and written permission of Steer shall be deemed to confirm their agreement to indemnify Steer for all loss or damage resulting therefrom. Steer has prepared this material using professional practices and procedures using information available to it at the time and as such any new information could alter the validity of the results and conclusions made. Integrated Sustainability Appraisal Appendices Appendix A Assessment of Strategic Corridors Appendix B Assessment of General Interventions Appendix C Health Impact Assessment Appendix D Equalities Impact Assessment Appendix E Community Safety Audit Appendix F Habitats Regulations Assessment Appendix G Scoping Responses and Actions Taken Figures Figure 1.1: Study Area................................................................................................................. 11 Figure 1.2: ISA and Component Processes ................................................................................. 12 Figure 2.1: Strategic corridors in the South East ........................................................................ 16 Tables Table 1.1: LTAs and LEPs represented by TfSE ........................................................................... 11 Table 2.1: Strategic goals and priorities ..................................................................................... 14 Table 2.2: Thematic journey types and initiatives ...................................................................... 18 Table 3.1: Key to potential sensitivity to significant effect ........................................................ 30 Table 3.2: Key to effects of generic interventions ...................................................................... 30 Table 4.1: Sustainability Appraisal Framework .......................................................................... 42 Table 5.1: Spatial indicators used in the assessment of strategic corridors .............................. 46 Table 5.2: Summary of the sensitivity assessment of strategic corridors .................................. 48 Table 5.3: General transport interventions included within the Transport Strategy ................. 55 Table 5.4: Summary of the assessment of general transport interventions .............................. 64 Table 5.5: Identification of Cumulative Effects .......................................................................... 67 Table 5.6: Mitigation ................................................................................................................... 70 Table 5.7: Further information requirements for future assessments ...................................... 73 Table 5.8: Monitoring via Key Performance Indicators .............................................................. 75 Steer has prepared this material for Transport for the South East. This material may only be used within the context and scope for which Steer has prepared it and may not be relied upon in part or whole by any third party or be used for any other purpose. Any person choosing to use any part of this material without the express and written permission of Steer shall be deemed to confirm their agreement to indemnify Steer for all loss or damage resulting therefrom. Steer has prepared this material using professional practices and procedures using information available to it at the time and as such any new information could alter the validity of the results and conclusions made. Integrated Sustainability Appraisal Non-Technical Summary Introduction Transport for the South East is a newly established shadow sub-national transport body representing 16 Local Transport Authorities and five Local Enterprise Partnerships in the South East. Transport for the South East has developed a Transport Strategy to realise its vision and strategic priorities for enhancing transport in the South East. The Transport Strategy identifies key transport corridors, journey types and types of initiatives that will be required to help the South East realise this economic potential, whilst ensuring the principles of sustainable development are followed to maximise social and environmental benefits. An Integrated Sustainability Appraisal has been undertaken alongside the preparation of the Transport Strategy. Its role is to promote sustainable development by assessing environmental, social and economic impacts, as well as mitigating any potential adverse effects that the Transport Strategy might otherwise have. This Integrated Sustainability Appraisal Report, including